Breast-Feeding Curbs Type 2 Diabetes Later

Breast-Feeding Curbs Type 2 Diabetes Later
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Defeat Diabetes Foundation
Breast-fed babies appear to be less likely to develop type 2 diabetes when they reach adolescence, according to findings published in the medical journal Diabetes Care. 

"Dramatic increases in childhood obesity and the emergence of type 2 diabetes in youth motivate research to identify lifestyle approaches to primary prevention of both conditions," write Dr. Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis of the University of South Carolina, Columbia, and colleagues.

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