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To the Editor: Dr Gillman and colleagues¹ reported that infants who were fed more breast milk than infant formula, or who were breastfed for longer periods, had a lower risk of being overweight during older childhood and adolescence. Although only a small percentage of cases of obesity may be preventable by breastfeeding, understanding the mechanism by which breastfeeding may protect against excess intake could help to slow the rising prevalence of obesity. What is the mechanism by which breastfed infants monitor intake of milk initially and that of other foods later?

A model of taste cell plasticity in the salt-taste transduction pathways suggests that taste cells are not passive signal generators but active participants in nutrient homeostasis.² Dissolution of 1000 mg of sugar on the tongue has resulted in reduction of subsequent cereal intake.³ In a 1928 report of self-selection of diet by newly weaned infants, one infant with rickets . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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