MATERNAL VITAMIN B12 ADMINISTRATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF INCREASED ADIPOSITY, OVERWEIGHT OR OBESITY IN THE OFFSPRING ESPECIALLY OFFSPRING OVERWEIGHT AND/OR OBESE MOTHERS
COOPER, Cyrus,GLUCKMAN, Peter David,GODFREY, Keith Malcolm,MACE, Catherine,SILVA ZOLEZZI, Irma
申请号:
ZA201605485
公开号:
ZA201605485B
申请日:
2016.08.08
申请国别(地区):
ZA
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要:
The present invention generally relates to the early prevention of overweight, obesity, excessive fat accumulation and/or associated metabolic disorders in infants or children. For example, the present invention relates to the prevention of overweight, obesity, excessive fat accumulation and/or associated metabolic disorders in infants or children through appropriate nutrition for women desiring to get pregnant and/or during pregnancy and/or lactation. Embodiments of the present invention relate to vitamin B12 for use in the prevention of overweight, obesity, excessive fat accumulation and/or associated metabolic disorders in the offspring, wherein the vitamin B12 is administered to an overweight and/or obese women desiring to get pregnant and/or to the overweight and/or obese mother during pregnancy and/or lactation and to maternal food compositions that can be used for this purpose.