Gastric emptying in term infants Increased feed volumes associate with faster rates of gastric emptying but longer gastric emptying times. Infant sex and age did not relate to gastric emptying characteristics Larger infants had longer times between feeds Casein:whey ratios influence gastric emptying rate according to volume of the feed Infant intakes of adiponectin are associated with longer times between feeds Infant intake of whole HM leptin is positively associated with feeding frequency in first 5 months of lactation Body composition of term infants Infant casein, lactose and total carbohydrate intake has a positive association with infant fat mass and a negative one with infant lean mass Infant lactoferrin intake has a negative relationship with infant lean mass Infant lysozyme and whole HM leptin intake have a positive relationship with infant fat mass