Breastfeeding lowers risk of mother developing diabetes

KC wrote:
Interesting, but I can't help but wonder if there is a relationship
between the mother's weight and breastfeeding success. If so, the
decrease in diabetes risk might only be because of the lower weight of
the breastfeeders... food for thought.

Ummmm so how many more times a day should I nurse to drop this excess 60
lbs? ;-)

Jacqueline

Marie writes:
: On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 16:43:52 -0500, "V." wrote:
:Here's an msnbc article about a JAMA article stating that women who
:breastfeed for a year have a 15% lower risk of developing type II diabetes
:later. Each additional year of breastfeeding lowers the risk by 15%.

: Isn't type II diabetes the type people can acquire from an unhealthy
: lifestyle? If so, according to statistics, the more educated mothers
: are more likely to breastfeed, and it's also the more educated people
: with healthier lifestyles. May have nothing to do with it, but that's
: what popped into my head.
: Marie

This is certainly possible, but if the study is designed properly
confounding variables like this will be taken into account. They
will match study subjects with controls who are alike in other
respects.

Larry