Exercised breastmilk: a kick-start to prevent childhood obesity?
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2023Metadata
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Exercise has systemic health benefits through effects on multiple tissues, with
intertissue communication. Recent studies indicate that exercise may improve
breastmilk composition and thereby reduce the intergenerational transmission
of obesity. Even if breastmilk is considered optimal infant nutrition, there is evi dence for variations in its composition between mothers who are normal weight,
those with obesity, and those who are physically active. Nutrition early in life is
important for later-life susceptibility to obesity and other metabolic diseases,
and maternal exercise may provide protection against the development of
metabolic disease. Here we summarize recent research on the influence of
maternal obesity on breastmilk composition and discuss the potential role of
exercise-induced adaptations to breastmilk as a kick-start to prevent childhood
obesity