Background: Ghrelin, a 28 amino-acid peptide mainly secreted by the stomach, displays different metabolic functions such as the regulation of food intake. Evidences about how early feeding mode could ...

Are you comparing your baby’s adorable little cheeks with the chubby cheeks of the baby in the aisle at the grocery, outside your pediatrician’s office, and on the cover of every parenting magazine ...

A UNC Greensboro (UNCG) study following 299 women and their infants from pregnancy to toddlerhood examined mul ple psychological, biological, and social factors in the context of infants' rapid weight ...

Connor Bahr can’t resist guacamole. “We put it on his tray and he just scoops it right up,” his mom, Marci, said. “He’s a mess, but he loves it.” It’s absolutely worth the mess to see him eating well ...

Extremely preterm infants with higher fat-free mass at term-equivalent age show better cognitive, language, and motor ...

Claim: One of the arguments often made in favor of breast-feeding is that breast-fed babies are less likely to grow into chunky children—and chunky adults—than babies who are formula fed. That’s the ...

It's a conversation I've had with many of my fellow parents in recent months, as our children have reunited at park play dates, and soccer matches: We've noticed our kids put on some extra weight ...

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