Food deprivation after weaning often has greater effects on the reproductive success of females than of males. However, if animals are deprived prenatally (that is, through food deprivation of the mother during gestation), the reproductive success of males may be more adversely affected than that of females because of a disruption in the organizational effects of testosterone in neonatal male m...

Baby bottles are often made of polycarbonate plastic. Impurities remaining in the bottle from the monomer bisphenol A can migrate from the plastic bottles into baby food, thereby causing a health concern. Previous migration testing of new baby bottles showed only trace migration levels of the substance. In the present work, polycarbonate baby bottles were subjected to simulated use by dishwashi...

Abstract Exposure to the hight-fat diet may alter control of food intake promoting hyperphagia and obesity. The objective this study was investigate effects on dopamine receptors (drd1 drd2), proopiomelanocortin (pomc), neuropeptideY (npy) genes expression, preference in adult rats. Wistar female rats were fed a or during pregnancy lactation. offspring allocated into groups: Lactation – Control...

A survey of pesticide residues in 316 baby foods on the Tokyo market from April 1999 to June 2005 was carried out. Fifteen kinds of pesticides, including organophosphorus, organochlorine, carbamate, pyrethroid and others, were detected between at levels Tr (below 0.01 ppm) and 0.55 ppm from 28 samples. The baby foods in which residual pesticides were detected were produced from flour, leaf vege...

OBJECTIVES To compare the food, nutrient and 'family meal' intakes of infants following baby-led weaning (BLW) with those of infants following a more traditional spoon-feeding (TSF) approach to complementary feeding. STUDY DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS Cross-sectional study of dietary intake and feeding behaviours in 51 age-matched and sex-matched infants (n=25 BLW, 26 TSF) 6-8 months of age. MET...

AIM To investigate the effects of diets rich in n-6 polyunsaturated fats (PUFA) fed during pre- and post-weaning time periods on the lipid metabolism and vascular reactivity in adult C57Bl/6 mice, in order to assess the impact of maternal nutrition and its interaction with the offspring diet on the metabolism of adult offspring. METHODS Female C57Bl/6 mice were fed a high-fat diet enriched wi...

Using stomach contents from 203 spotted dolphins (Stenella attenuata) killed in the yellowfin tuna fishery, we modeled the weaning process of calves. Spotted dolphins began to take solid food at approximately 6 mo of age, or 115 cm, but continued to suckle until they were nearly 2 yr old. Calves tended to feed more frequently on squid as they got older, which suggested there was a shift in diet...

are, however, apt to persist and are often made the occasion of weaning the baby. I therefore venture to bring before the Obstetrical Society for their consideration and discussion the nature and treatment of a group of minor digestive disorders of breast-fed infants in the first month of life. The first month of life is a critical one as regards the digestion of the infant. At birth, digestion...

A 15-day-old neonate with complete transposition of the great arteries/intact ventricular septum was admitted with life-threatening hypoxemia and heart arrest. After successful resuscitation, heart beat recovered but blood lactate began to arise and maintained above 15 mmol/L 6 hours later. Emergency arterial switch operation was done at 20 hours after resuscitation. Planned extracorporeal memb...

Background:Weaning means introducing a wide range of foods gradually until the baby is eating same food as rest family. Until six months, needs only breast milk or infant formula milk. Around months age, initially semisolid and later on solid are introduced in addition to Responsive feeding component active that provides complementary an manner. Active when parent caregiver engages positive beh...