Effect of milk protein content in Toddler formula on later BMI and obesity risk: protocol of the multicentre randomised controlled Toddler Milk Intervention (ToMI) trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Reduction of milk protein content in infant formula provided during the first year of life has been shown to reduce early weight gain and obesity later in life. While rapid weight gain during the first 2 years of life is one of the strongest early predictors of obesity, the role of animal protein intake beyond the first year of life is unclear. The aim of this study is to examine the role of milk protein during the second year of life in healthy children on weight gain and obesity risk in preschool age.

Methods and analysis

This randomised, double-blinded study enrolled 1618 children aged 11.5-13.5 months in Spain and Germany into two groups receiving isocaloric toddler milk with differing protein content during the second year of life. The experimental formula

SUBMITTER: Grote V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8655563 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature