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Exchange of energy linked in brain

From: Worthington, BS, Vermeersch, J, and Williams, SR: Nutrition pregnancy and lactation. St Louis, CV Mosby, 1977. p 139.

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Regarding infant feeding, here we see how the exchange of energy was linked between mothers and infants through the brain, and along with that we must remember the feedback loops that help regulate fat storage employing leptin.

These all evolved long before we developed formula and rich foods.