Percent Body Fat in Breast Fed Infants

Completed

Conditions studied: Healthy

In brief

The purpose of this study is to learn about normal body composition (% body fat) during the first six months of life in healthy breast-fed babies.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00616083

Run by

Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute

People needed

190

Starts

2006-04-01

Expected to finish

2007-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2009-08-20

Who can join

Age: any, up to 0. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Term birth
• Infant must weigh at least 5.5# at birth
• Single birth
• Healthy mother/infant as determined by the investigator
• Intention to breast feed

You may not qualify if…

• Significant perinatal morbidity
• Having health, environmental, or economic constraints on growth
• Infants of a mother with diabetes or gestational diabetes

Where it is running

• Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center — Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
• MetroHealth Medical Center — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
• University of Oklahoma Health Science Center — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
• Universita degli Studi di Milano — Milan, Italy

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