Infant formula feeding practices associated with rapid weight gain: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Excess or rapid weight gain during the first 2 years of life is associated with an increased risk of later childhood and adult overweight and obesity. When compared with breastfed infants, formula fed infants are more likely to experience excess or rapid weight gain, and this increased risk in formula fed infant populations may be due to a number of different mechanisms. These mechanisms include the nutrient composition of the formula and the way formula is prepared and provided to infants. This systematic literature review examines the association between formula feeding practice and excess or rapid weight gain. This review explores these different mechanisms and provides practical recommendations for best practice formula feeding to reduce rapid weight gain. Eighteen studies are included

SUBMITTER: Appleton J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6866175 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature