High-intensity exercise increases breast milk adiponectin concentrations: a randomised cross-over study

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High-intensity exercise increases breast milk adiponectin concentrations: a randomised cross-over study

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Adiponectin plays a role in glucose and fat metabolism and is present in breast milk. Circulating adiponectin increases acutely after endurance exercise. The purpose of this randomised, cross-over study was to determine the acute effects of exercise on adiponectin concentrations in human breast milk. Participants (N = 20) completed three conditions in the lab: 1) Moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT), 2) High-intensity interval training (HIIT), and 3) No activity (REST). At each condition, we collected breastmilk at 07:00 hours (before exercise/rest), 11:00 hours (immediately after exercise/rest), 12:00 hours (1 hour after exercise/rest), and 15:00 (4 hours after exercise/rest) and determined adiponectin concentrations using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. We compared changes in adiponectin concentrations after MICT and HIIT, adjusted for the morning concentration on each test day, with those after REST, using paired t-tests. Adiponectin concentrations increased 1 hour after HIIT, from 4.6 (± 2.2) μg/mL in the 07:00 hours sample to 5.6 (± 2.6) μg/mL. This change was 0.9 μg/mL (95% confidence interval 0.3 to 1.5) greater than the change between these two timepoints in the REST condition (p= .025). There were no other statistically significant changes in adiponectin concentrations. HIIT may increase adiponectin concentrations in breast milk acutely after exercise.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated in 2020 that 39 million children under the age of 5 were overweight/obese, and that the prevalence of overweight/obesity among children and adolescents aged 5–19 years rose from 4% in 1975 to 18% in 2018.¹ One contributing factor for the rapid increase in childhood obesity is early nutritional programming: that nutrition in early life partly determines later health. Indeed, the period from conception to 2 years of age, often referred to as ‘the first 1000 days’, is the most critical period for pathophysiological disorders leading up to childhood and later life obesity.² The mechanisms behind nutritional programming are not fully understood, but potentially include appetite regulation, epigenetic modifications, and changes in the gut microbiome.^3–5 One of the reasons for why WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life is that breastfed children have lower likelihood of becoming overweight/obese compared with bottle-fed children.⁶ However, recent evidence suggests that breast milk concentrations of nutrients and bio-active molecules vary between mothers with high and low body mass index (BMI), and that differences in breast milk composition may play a role in the mother-to-child transmission of obesity through lactational programming.⁷

Breast milk contains adiponectin, an adipokine that play a role in glucose and fat metabolism⁸, which can cross the intestinal barrier and may modify infant metabolism.⁹ Adiponectin is a protein hormone mostly secreted into circulation from adipocytes in white adipose tissue.¹⁰ Low levels of circulating adiponectin are associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.^{11, 12} In 2006, adiponectin was shown to be present in human milk.¹³ Given the importance of adiponectin in inflammation, insulin sensitivity, and fatty acid metabolism, later studies have examined whether breast milk adiponectin has a role in infant metabolic development. Research on the association between breast milk concentration of adiponectin and measures of infant adiposity and weight gain has shown contrasting results, with some evidence suggesting an inverse association between levels of this hormone and infant adiposity measures^14–17, others showing no association^18–21, others yet a positive association.^22–24

Maternal lifestyle, including smoking, BMI, gestational diabetes, and diet, has been shown to affect the composition of breast milk, and this interplay with infant health is an area of research that is gaining traction.^25–29 Exercise is a behavioural factor that has received little attention in this context. Aerobic exercise training, either as moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) or high-intensity interval training (HIIT), can increase circulating levels of adiponectin.^{30, 31} No prior study has investigated the effect of exercise on breast milk concentrations of adiponectin. The aim of this study was to determine the acute effect of MICT and HIIT on breast milk adiponectin concentrations. We hypothesised that both MICT and HIIT would increase adiponectin concentrations compared with no exercise, and that there would be a greater increase after HIIT versus MICT.

Participants

Figure 1 shows the flow of participants across the three conditions. All the 20 participants completed all three conditions and provided breast milk at all the timepoints, thus the total number of breast milk samples analysed was 240. Recruitment of participants started in August 2021 and was completed in May 2022. Table 1 shows participants’ baseline characteristics, according to which condition they completed first. There were no adverse events. The trial was ended when we had included 20 participants.

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of participants, by which condition they completed first. Numbers are averages with standard deviations.
	REST (n = 6)	MICT (n = 7)	HIIT (n = 7)
Age, years	31 (3)	30 (2)	32 (3)
Body mass, kg	77.8 (9.6)	66.0 (6.2)	73.6 (8.1)
Body mass index, kg/m²	28.3 (3.8)	24.3 (3.0)	26.2 (3.3)
Fat mass, kg	28.6 (9.3)	18.1 (7.3)	24.2 (5.6)
Peak oxygen uptake, mL·kg^− 1·min^− 1	34.7 (5.0)	44.0 (7.9)	38.9 (7.8)
Time since delivery, weeks	9.1 (2.2)	8.4 (1.9)	9.3 (1.7)
Infant birth weight, g	3963 (188)	3338 (276)	3700 (493)
REST = no exercise, MICT = moderate-intensity continuous training, HIIT = high-intensity interval training

We detected adiponectin in all breast milk samples, with an average concentration for all 240 samples of 5.2 (SD 2.5) µg/mL (range 1.2–12.7 µg/mL). The variation within each person (for the 12 samples obtained from each participant) was smaller, with SD 0.9 µg/mL.

Acute effect of exercise on breast milk adiponectin concentration

Table 2 shows the concentrations at each time-point for each condition. Compared with the REST condition, adiponectin tended to increase after exercise, statistically significant so only one hour after HIIT (Fig. 2, Table 3).

Table 2

Breast milk adiponectin concentrations at different time points in the three conditions. Observed data are presented as descriptive mean with standard devation (SD) for 20 partcipants.
Condition	07:00 h	11:00 h	12:00 h	15:00 h
REST	5.2 (3.0) µg/mL	5.2 (2.0) µg/mL	5.4 (2.6) µg/mL	5.4 (2.4) µg/mL
MICT	4.6 (2.3) µg/mL	5.3 (2.8) µg/mL	5.4 (2.8) µg/mL	5.5 (2.7) µg/mL
HIIT	4.6 (2.2) µg/mL	5.1 (2.0) µg/mL	5.6 (2.5) µg/mL	5.5 (2.5) µg/mL
REST = no exercise, MICT = moderate-intensity continuous training, HIIT = high-intensity interval training

Table 3

Changes in adiponectin concentrations (in µg/mL) compared with a sample obtained at 07:00 hours (h) at each condition at different time points after moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) and high-intensity interval training (HIIT), compared with no exercise (REST), with mean difference, corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI), and p values from paired samples t-tests. Data are from 20 participants.
	Immediately after exercise (11:00 h), compared with no exercise			1 hour after exercise (12:00 h), compared with no exercise			4 hours after exercise (15:00 h), compared with no exercise
Condition	Mean difference	95% CI	p	Mean difference	95% CI	p	Mean difference	95% CI	p
MICT	0.63	-0.03 to 1.40	.164	0.60	0.04 to 1.21	.080	0.64	-0.01 to 1.42	.158
HIIT	0.55	0.08 to 1.09	.074	0.89	0.30 to 1.58	.025	0.75	0.06 to 1.56	.105

Implementation and compliance with exercise protocols and breast milk sampling

The minimum washout period between conditions was, per protocol, 48 hours, with an average of 7.3 (SD 2.0) days between the first and second condition, and 6.9 (SD 1.4) days between the second and third condition. Most samples were obtained at the exact time-point prescribed in the protocol, with an average of 2.5 (SD 10.1) min deviation. The largest deviations from the prescribed time-points were at the sampling at 15:00 hours (4.7 min, SD 11.4), whereas the samples obtained in the laboratory (at 11:00 hours and 12:00 hours) deviated by on average < 1 min from the protocol. The exercise intensity was 70% (SD 1) of HR_max during MICT and 96% (SD 2) of HR_max during HIIT.

There is scarce research on the acute effects of exercise on breast milk composition and currently few exercise guidelines for lactating people. The most recent recommendations on postpartum physical activity from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists merely states that regular aerobic exercise in lactating women has been shown to improve maternal cardiovascular fitness without affecting milk production, composition, or infant growth.³² These recommendations are based on observational studies^{33, 34} and one small RCT³⁵ from the 1990s analysing total concentrations of lipids, protein, lactose, and some minerals in breastmilk after exercise.

In our study, we found statistically significant increased (⁓ 22%) concentrations of breast milk adiponectin 1 hour after high-intensity training (HIIT) in exclusively breastfeeding people, compared with a day with no exercise (REST), with tendencies of elevated concentrations at all other time-points after both moderate intensity continuous training (MICT) and HIIT. These findings suggest that it may take some time before an exercise-induced increase in breast milk adiponectin concentration is evident, and that HIIT is a more potent stimulus for such increase than MICT.

There could be an alternative explanation for the presented findings of increased adiponectin concentration 1 hour after HIIT. Contrary to our expectation, we observed higher average morning concentration at the day of the REST condition despite randomising the order of HIIT, MICT and REST conditions. Thus, the increase we observed at the MICT and HIIT conditions could have been due to regression to the mean. However, circulating adiponectin concentrations (in serum) have shown to be elevated after exercise. While this is the first study on the acute effects of exercise on adiponectin concentrations in breast milk, breast milk adiponectin concentrations have been reported to correlate with concentrations in blood.⁹ Presuming that there is a correlation between concentrations in these two body fluids, we may compare our findings to studies on acute effect of endurance training on circulating adiponectin levels.

Elevated blood adiponectin concentrations have been observed after different forms of endurance exercise including rowing, running, cycling, and step-aerobic.^36–40 In agreement with our findings, Jürimäe and colleagues found that plasma adiponectin concentrations were unchanged immediately after a maximal 6,000 m rowing ergometer test (lasting on average 20 min) in highly trained male rowers.³⁶ However, circulating concentrations of adiponectin were unchanged immediately after the exercise bout but increased by ⁓ 20% after 30 min of recovery. In contrast to both Jürimäe and colleagues and our present study, Schön and colleagues reported ⁓ 10% elevated serum adiponectin concentrations immediately after a 90-min run at 75–80% of heart rate maximum, followed by a return to baseline concentrations after 60 min of recovery in healthy young individuals.³⁷ There are also studies that suggest no alterations in circulating adiponectin levels actuely after exercise.^41–44 The reasons for these diverging findings may include sex-differences, differences in the type of exercise, duration and intensity of exercise, as well as methodological differences in analyses and in time-points of sampling.

As studies report that increased concentrations of adiponectin in breast milk may play a role in protection against early rapid weight gain in infancy^14–17, we argue that our findings indicate that maternal exercise during lactation can be a strategy to help prevent childhood obesity. We therefore suggest further studies investigating both the immediate influence of a single exercise session on breast milk composition, as well as chronic adaptations with regular exercise training. We also propose that further research should take into account the whole breast milk matrix, which is composed of many bio-active compounds. We envison that more research on the detailed effects of maternal exercise on breast milk composition will provide an evidence-base for more detailed guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and other organisations.

Study design and participants

This was a randomised cross-over study conducted at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim (NTNU), Norway. The Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics, Central Norway approved the study (REK-263493). The study was pre-registered in clinicaltrials.gov (NCT05042414, 13/09/2021). We included females aged 18 years or more who had given birth to a singleton, term infant 6–12 weeks ago. To be eligible, they had to exclusively breastfeed, be able to walk or run on a treadmill for at least 50 minutes, and live in the Trondheim area. Exclusion criteria were known cardiovascular disease or diabetes mellitus type 1 or 2. The participants signed an informed, written consent. In random order, the participants underwent three conditions: REST (sitting), MICT, and HIIT, with minimum 48 hours washout between conditions (Fig. 3). Randomisation was completed on the first test day. We used a computer random number generator developed at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, NTNU, to randomise the sequence of the conditions for each participant. The sequence was shown on the screen and sent by e-mail to the investigators. We did not inform the participants about which condition they were going to complete before they attended the laboratory on test days. Participants and investigators were not blinded due to the nature of the intervention (exercise). All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.

Baseline assessments

The participants came in for assessments of body composition and peak oxygen uptake, on a separate day prior to the three conditions. We estimated body composition using bioimpedance (InBody720 Biospace Co, Korea). The participants completed a maximal effort exercise test on a treadmill, and we measured maximal oxygen uptake using MetaLyzer II with MetaSoft Software (CORTEX Biophysik, Germany). They wore heart rate monitors (Polar, Finland) during the test, and we used the highest heart rate during the test as an estimate of heart rate maximum.⁴⁷ The participants also filled out questionnaires about background characteristics and physical activity levels (International Physical Activity Questionnaire) on this day.

Exercise and rest conditions

We requested the participants to abstain from exercise > 48 hours prior to all assessments in the laboratory. To minimise the effect of diet on breast milk composition, the participants recorded their diet (type of food, amount, and time of consumption) the evening prior to the first test day, as well as on the day of assessments (Fig. 3). We requested them to repeat the same dietary intake for the two latter conditions.

In the REST condition, the participants rested in a chair in the laboratory for 45 minutes. We fitted the participants with heart rate monitors prior to the exercise conditions. Exercise intensity was based on percentage of HR_max and the two protocols are isoenergetic.⁴⁸ MICT consisted of walking or jogging for 48 minutes at 70% of HR_max. In the HIIT condition, a 10-minutes warm-up at moderate intensity was followed by four 4-minute work-bouts at 90–95% of HR_max, separated by 3 minutes of low-to-moderate intensity. To calculate the actual exercise intensity during MICT, we recorded HR every fifth minute, whereas we recorded average HR in the last 2 minutes of every work-bout during HIIT.

Breast milk sampling

We provided the participants with electronic breast milk pumps (Medela Swing Flex, Medela AG, Switzerland). The participants sampled breast milk at four standardised timepoints in each of the three conditions: 07:00 hours (before breakfast), 11:00 hours (immediately after exercise/rest), 12:00 hours (1 hour after exercise/rest), and 15:00 hours (4 hours after exercise/rest) (Fig. 3). The participants sampled from the same breast at each timepoint, and we asked them to provide at least 25 mL each time. The first (07:00 hours) and last (15:00 hours) samples were stored in the participants home freezer and transported on ice to the laboratory at the next visit, whereas the other samples were collected when the participants were in the laboratory. All samples were stored at -80° until analysis.

Adiponectin analysis

After thawing the breast milk at room temperature, we centrifuged samples at 10,000 G for 60 minutes. The fat layer on the top was carefully removed using tweezers and skimmed milk extracted for analysis. We used enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for quantitative measurement of adiponectin (IBL International GmBH, Germany, Catalogue no: 30126762), using a Dynex DS2 automation system programmed with compatible DS-Matrix software (Montebello Diagnostics AS, Norway). Undiluted breastmilk samples were measured in duplicate wells with samples from the same participant on the same microtiter plate (within the same kit). Based on our pilot testing of the ELISA kits, we set the time for the final incubation step to 12 minutes, instead of 15 minutes as described in the instruction manual, otherwise we follow the manufacturer’s instruction.

Statistical analysis

No formal sample size calculation could be done for this study due to the exploratory nature of the research question. We aimed to recruit 20 participants. Crossover studies allows comparison at the individual rather than the group level and fewer participants are required in a crossover design compared with a parallel group design to obtain the same power for a target effect size and type 1 error rate. We calculated the change in adiponectin concentrations from the morning sample (obtained at 07:00 hours on the same day) to each of the post-exercise timepoints (11:00 hours, 12:00 hours, and 15:00 hours) on each of the test days and used this difference in the statistical analysis. The changes (delta value) at each post-exercise timepoint were compared with the changes in concentrations at the corresponding timepoint after REST using paired-samples t-tests. The difference at each timepoint is the mean change after MICT or HIIT, compared to the change in the REST condition, for which we report the estimate, corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI), and p value. Since the data were not normally distributed, we used bootstrap with 3000 samples and bias corrected and accelerated CIs. We consider p values < .05 as statistically significant and have made no corrections for multiple comparisons.

Acknowledgement

The exercise testing and training were undertaken at the NextMove Core Facility, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), funded by the Faculty of Medicine and Health Siences, NTNU and Central Norway Regional Health Authority.

Author contributions

M.H.: Data collection, data analysis, literature search, writing, publication, GG: Data analysis, statistics, writing, publication, TM: Design, data collection, data analysis, statistics, literature search, writing, publication.

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All supporting results can be found in the supplementary material.

Competing interests statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

Financial support

This research did not receive any external funding. T.M. is funded by a Future Leader in Diabetes Award from the European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes/Novo Nordisk Foundation, grant number NNF19SA058975.

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