Clinical Trial: Early Life Feeding Exposure and Infant Immune and Health Status.
Study Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Recruit Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Condition: Maternal Behavior
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Official Title: Mechanistic Effects of Early Life Feeding Exposure on Infant Inflammatory and Health Status
Brief Summary:
Background: Although breastfeeding has known protective effects, such as preventing childhood obesity, the specific mechanisms remain unclear.Idaho has a high breastfeeding initiation rate (92%) but a significant prevalence of childhood obesity (30.5% overweight/obese).Limited research exists on the impact of maternal inflammation, maternal body mass index (BMI), C-reactive protein (CRP), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) concentrations in breastmilk on infant health outcomes, especially in healthy full-term…
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