Larnkjær A, et al. - Researchers pursued a comparison of appetite- and growth-related hormones in a cohort of infants born to obese mothers (SKOT-II) with infants born mainly to nonobese mothers (SKOT-I). For the purpose of this investigation, infants from SKOT-I and SKOT-II were analyzed including anthropometric measurements and blood samples analyzed for glucose, insulin, insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), adiponectin, and leptin. Data reported that pre-pregnancy obesity gives symmetrically larger infant body size and higher levels of most growth- and appetite-related hormones, however, surprisingly lower levels of IGF-I, recommending other possible infant growth-promoting effects through insulin.