Baylor College of Medicine: How Mothers Adapt to the Metabolic Demands of Nursing
April 11, 2025
April 11, 2025
HOUSTON, Texas, April 11 -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news:
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How mothers adapt to the metabolic demands of nursing
Nursing poses major metabolic demands on mothers, to which they respond by eating more and saving energy to sustain milk production. There are significant hormonal changes during lactation, but how they lead to metabolic adaptations in nursing mothers remained unclear. In this study, which appeared in Nature Metab . . .
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How mothers adapt to the metabolic demands of nursing
Nursing poses major metabolic demands on mothers, to which they respond by eating more and saving energy to sustain milk production. There are significant hormonal changes during lactation, but how they lead to metabolic adaptations in nursing mothers remained unclear. In this study, which appeared in Nature Metab . . .