Trial reportThe Journal of pediatrics2019
Different Growth Patterns Persist at 24 Months of Age in Formula-Fed Infants Randomized to Consume a Meat- or Dairy-Based Complementary Diet from 5 to 12 Months of Age.
Trial report in The Journal of pediatrics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02142647 (Effects of Dietary Protein From Meat vs. Dairy on Infant Growth, Body Composition and Gut Health), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effects of Dietary Protein From Meat vs. Dairy on Infant Growth, Body Composition and Gut Health
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effect of early-life protein supplementation on childhood obesity and related metabolic outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Addressing obesity in the first 1000 days in high risk infants: Systematic review.Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Pooled it
- Associations Between Complementary Feeding Approach, Dietary Intake, and Growth: A Secondary Analysis of the Maternal and Infant Nutrition Trial.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2026Trial
- Different Blood Metabolomics Profiles in Infants Consuming a Meat- or Dairy-Based Complementary Diet.Nutrients · 2021Trial
- Different gut microbiota in U.S. formula-fed infants consuming a meat vs. dairy-based complementary foods: A randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Protein intake in children and growth and risk of overweight or obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Food & nutrition research · 2022Review
- Protein Intake, IGF-1 Concentrations, and Growth in the Second Year of Life in Children Receiving Growing Up Milk - Lite (GUMLi) or Cow's Milk (CM) Intervention.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Article
- Evaluating the pathways linking complementary feeding practices to obesity in early life.Nutrition reviews · 2020Review
- The impact of complementary feeding foods of animal origin on growth and the risk of overweight in infants.Animal frontiers : the review magazine of animal agriculture · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo test the long-term effect on growth status at 24 months of age in formula-fed infants who were randomized to consume a meat- or dairy-based complementary diet from 5 to 12 months of age. STUDY
designObservational assessments, including anthropometric, dietary, and blood biomarkers, were conducted at 24 months of age, 1 year after the intervention ended.
resultsThe retention rate at 24 months of age was 84% for the meat group and 81% for the dairy group. Mean (±SD) protein intakes at 24 months of age were 4.1 ± 1.2 and 4.0 ± 1.1 g/kmeat (n = 27) and dairy (n = 26) groups, respectively, and comparable with the estimates of US population intake. At 24 months of age, weight-for-age z score did not differ significantly between groups and was similar to that at 12 months. Length-for-age z score remained significantly higher in the meat group compared with the dairy group, and the average length was 1.9 cm greater in the meat group. Weight-for-length z score also did not differ significantly between groups. Insulin-like growth factor 1 significantly increased from 12 to 24 months of age in both groups, but insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 3 and blood urea nitrogen did not change significantly from 12 to 24 months of age and were comparable between groups.
conclusionsThe protein source-induced distinctive growth patterns observed during infancy persisted at 24 months of age, suggesting a potential long-term impact of early protein quality on growth trajectories in formula-fed infants.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02142647.
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