Use of Leptin for the Prevention of Excess Body Weight and Composition Containing Leptin

• Main Authors: PALOU OLIVER ANDREU, SEGURA PICO CATALINA, SANCHEZ ROIG JOANA, OLIVER VARA PAULA, MIRALLES BORRACHINA OLGA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 26.06.2008
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; 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-hydrolysed recombinant leptin. Said ingestible composition is a supplement for developmental nutrition, contains between 0.1 and 30 micrograms/litre leptin, provides a daily dose of leptin of more than 25 ng and can take the form of a solid, i.e. a tablet, capsule or reconstitutable powder, or a liquid, i.e. a syrup or drink.