Adiponectin, leptin and insulin in breast milk: associations with maternal characteristics and infant body composition in the first year of life.
Deborah ChanS GorukA B BeckerP SubbaraoP J MandhaneS E TurveyD LefebvreM R SearsC J FieldM B AzadPublished in: International journal of obesity (2005) (2017)
Breast milk hormone concentrations were associated with several fixed and modifiable maternal characteristics. Higher concentrations of leptin and intermediate concentrations of insulin were associated with lower infant WFL in the first year of life.