The aim of this study is, first, to describe the evolution of the caloric compensation ability in infants from 3 to 15 months old and, secondly, to assess the links between changes in the caloric compensation ability and the individual characteristics (adiposity, age, gender, infant's eating behavior) and maternal feeding practices.

Three series of measurements of caloric compensation abitlity were conducted: at 3-4 months old, at 10.5 months old and at 14.5 months old in the laboratory.

In this study, a preload paradigm usually employed in children and adults to measure the caloric compensation ability was adapted to infants below 15 months old. The maternal eating behavior and their feeding practices were measured by questionnaires. The infants' height and weight were measured at the laboratory by trained experimenters.

Inclusion Criteria:

• no chronic health problem or food allergies
• not having been fed with hydrolysate formula
• gestational age ≥ 37 weeks
• born weight ≥ 2.5kg
• without having being tube fed at any moment

Exclusion Criteria:

• infants from diabetic mothers
• infants from mothers having celiac disease
• infants from minor parents (<18 years old) were excluded

Recruitment was conducted using leaflets distributed in health professionals' consulting rooms, an internal database (Chemosens Platform's PanelSens, CNIL n°1148039) and with the help of a recruitment agency.