Effect of maternalBMI and Type of Infants Feeding on IGF-1in Infants as Early Marker of Childand Adult Hood Obesity

For healthy mother ,breastfeeding represent the gold standard for infant health, and infant formula development aims at mimicking the physiological response to human milk intake. while protein content is essential to promote growth and brain development, protein intakes in late infancy have been found to be quite high and to exceed required intakes by large margins )Ohlund and ,Hernell , 2010)

More over ,high protein intake was associated with increased weight gain and higher adiposity in infancy and child hood )Singhal and kennedy , 2010 ) further more, protein intake of breast-fed infant is generally lowerand may relate to lower risk of obesity later in life)Harder and Betgmann , 2005 )

one potential mechanism involves an enhanced stimulation of the secretion of Insulin growth factor(IGF-1)strophic hormone involved in longitudinal growth as well as muscle and fat mass development (Rolland et el,1995 )

• General research statement and Justification of the research

A-Maternal BMI and IGF-1 level in infants There's a positive association among term infant with elevated IGF-1 level and increased risk with higher birthweight. This positive association most apparent in infant born to obese women PubMed).