USE OF LEPTIN FOR THE PREVENTION OF EXCESS BODY WEIGHT AND COMPOSITION CONTAINING LEPTIN

• Main Authors: PALOU OLIVER, ANDREU, SANCHEZ ROIG, JOANA, PICO SEGURA, CATALINA, MIRALLES BORRACHINA, OLGA, OLIVER VARA, PAULA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 14.11.2007
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEPTIDES; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

The invention relates to the use of leptin in the preparation of an ingestible composition for children from nursing infants to adolescents, comprising leptin at a concentration greater than 50 ng/kg for the prevention of excess weight and/or the complications associated therewith. The invention comprises the use of a fully or partially hydrolyzed recombinant leptin. Said ingestible composition is a supplement for developmental nutrition, contains between 0.1 and 30 micrograms/liter leptin, provides a daily dose of leptin of more than 25 ng and can take the form o a solid, i.e, a tablet, capsule or reconstitutable powder, or a liquid, i.e., a syrup or drink.