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Is Fructose Linked to Adiposity in Babies?

NCT01262781 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2014-04-10

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Summary

The obesity epidemic has reached down into the infant and toddler age group. Dietary indiscretion during pregnancy, particularly in our current food environment, is a major risk factor for both gestational diabetes and neonatal macrosomia (\>4kg newborns), which is itself a risk factor for obesity and metabolic syndrome in the offspring, possibly even during childhood. Temporal increases in fructose consumption in the last two decades coincide with temporal increases weight gain during pregnancy and with increased birth weight, including a higher prevalence of macrosomic newborns. Our central hypothesis is that higher fructose consumption during pregnancy is a risk factor for infant obesity and metabolic syndrome.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Robert Lustig, MD · University of California, San Francisco

  • Anjali Jain, MD · University of California, San Francisco

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-01-31
Primary Completion
2012-06-30
Completion
2013-01-31

Countries

  • United States

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