Breastfeeding found to lower babies' diabetes risk: NewsTarget.com

Breastfed babies may run a 39 percent lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life, according to a new study by University of London researchers appearing in the latest issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

The researchers examined the results of seven studies that involved nearly 77,000 participants, and found that babies who were breastfed were 15 to 56 percent less likely to develop type 2 diabetes when they were older.

Over the past 30 years, the number of middle-aged Americans diagnosed with type 2 diabetes has doubled, and more than a million new cases are diagnosed in the United States every year. Although obesity is the largest factor in developing the disease, experts say nutrition early in life may contribute to the onset of the disease in later years.

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