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Leptin and pregnancy :Only 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Introduction and Aim of the Work --· I
Introduction and Aim of the Work
Artificially led infants gain weight more rapid
than breast fed int3nts and this reflects the effect of overfeeding
in artificially fed infants .
Such overfeeding might contribute to subsequent obesity because
of developement of an abnormally large population of adipocytes
or because of establishment of a habit of overfeeding.
The diet of infants depending on artificial feeding contain high fat
content which lead to delay gastric emptying ,causing distension ,
abdominal discomfort and excessive gain in weight.
(Joseph eta! , 1970)
In breast fed infants the intake of calories is
less than of bottle fed infants and gain of weight has been
demonstrated to be significantly related to caloric intake ( Fornon,
1972)
Leptin , a product of obesity gene , is a
hormone that is secreted into the blood in varying quantities by
adipocytes and control the adipose tissue weight by stimulating
lipid metabolism ( Pankov, 1996)
It was found that there is strong relation
hetween leptin and obesity also leptin is increased in adipose
tissue in response to feeding.( Friedman et al, 1996)
As far as could be ascertained, this is the first
pilot study regarding the assessment of serum lcptin in relation to
feeding whether breast or artificial feeding