Of course, long-term breast feeding from a mother who has watched her weight both before and during pregnancy probably furnishes the same results without the extra-added hormones. However, studies also indicate that breast-feeding for under 3 months doesn't furnish the same weight-control advantages.

Why not spend the extra time and money convincing parents that they are better off breastfeeding their children and educating health professionals so that they are able to give new parents sensible advice?

Far too many mums give up or don't even try because of lack of support from family or health professionals who tell them they don't have enough milk or "can't" breastfeed. Most of the time this is rubbish as 99% of woman are able to breasfeed their children successfuly and only a tiny percentage really can't produce milk.

""Of course, long-term breast feeding from a mother who has watched her weight both before and during pregnancy probably furnishes the same results without the extra-added hormones.""

They have the extra added hormones, breastmilk is already packed full of hormones. Formula is currently deficient in that it does not. If 3 months of breastfeeding wouldnt confer benefits, neither would 3 months of leptin enhanced formula!

Experiment on rats, then do it to human babies???

A million times NO!!

Constant exercise which is good for kids and adults, will have the desired effect - and it's safer than added chemicals!

if in twenty or so years this proves to cause other serious problems who is going to be held responsible. certainly wont be the researchers/scientists . stop interfering with peoples bodies, good diet, excercise and self control will have the same effect.

Not a chance. Wouldn't be trying out this synthetic, manufactured cr@p on my children (they were all breast fed anyway) and I would certainly urge other parents not to touch the stuff with a bargepole!

#2- because that would'nt get anyone any money or keep so many people employed.

Obesity is a good thing, all the lazy fat f*cks can die of heart failure and we can continue with survival of the fittest. Obesity is greed not genetic.

problem is Vinny the NHS still has look after them till they die which can be a long time. It costs NHs billions until then. better that if they have made the choice to get fat then it follows they have by their lifestyles made the choice to not get treatment. one follows the other. it is their choice.

Also Vinny, in most cases they only die long after they have reproduced, hence they are not selected out.

I agree pumping babies with artificial hormones seems a bad omen.

If there are people out there who genuinely can't control the amount of food they eat, perhaps a more sensible option would be to not allow fat people to buy any unhealthy food. So just as under-a8s are banned from buying alcohol, obese people should be banned from buying any food other than fresh fruit and veg, lean meat and fish, skimmed milk and wholemeal bread, rice and pasta.

Allowing people to gluttonise then 'fixing' them (and their innocent children) with artificial hormones is a suggestion which gives a hideous reflection of our blame-someone-else society.

Technically Leptin is not an artifical hormone, it is produced throughout life in the body, so hosptialphoenix you are wrong.
But I agree entirely about the stupidity of trying to fix people in this way.

You also have to question why bottle fed babies need some hormone added to their food to stop them being fat and why obesity rates are so much higher in formula fed infants.

Cutting the protein level would cause a slower rate of growth (formula levels are currently around twice that of breastmilk) but then the babies would need feeding two hourly instead of four and that wouldn't do now would it.

Well we are a sanctimonious bunch aren't we? Don't get me wrong, I totally oppose the addition of drugs to baby food, but will you just listen to yourselves regarding breast feeding!

Breast is best YES.

Can we all breast feed successfully? NO!

I wanted to, I wanted to so much that I nearly starvd my youngest before I gave in - he was losing weight not gaining it. This made me very sad but I figured a live formula baby was better than a dead breast fed one. Please stop judging women who don't breast feed, sometimes it is not to do with social choice.

Its all "one step to far" and needs "stamped out" before it even seed's in the "Mad Scientists" brain!
Lets face it! Mums have or have not breast fed for centuries! "LEAVE THEM TO KNOW BEST" for the mother and child!
At the end off the day, many mothers, do Soo much want to breast feed their Baby! but "just cant" and its !TOTAL IDIOTIC" to say "you gonna need" "HORMONE FOMULA" or your Baby is gonna be Super fat!
S**F that! it may work, but its?
"TOTAL NOT ACCEPTABLE" (and what about any side affects?)

LOL Guthrie - pedantic much?

I'm not wrong, but if it makes you happy I'll substitute 'extrinsic' for 'artificial' to make my meaning more clear.

#8 Is Vinny short for vindictive?

Articifially manufactured is likely the best label, unless they get it from cows.
Otherwise, calling a chemically identical hormone that is naturally produced in the body an "artificial hormone" will confuse a lot of people.