Percent Body Fat in Breast Fed Infants

Developing Normative Body Composition Data in Early Infancy

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00616083

Acronym

PeaPod

Enrollment

190

Registered

2008-02-15

Start date

2006-04-30

Completion date

2007-07-31

Last updated

2009-08-20

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Healthy

Keywords

Breast Feeding, Body Composition, Body Fat, Infant, Diet, Healthy Infants

Brief summary

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.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

No minimum to 2 Weeks

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* 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

Exclusion criteria

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

Countries

Italy, United States

Outcome results