Breastfeeding protects women from metabolic syndrome, a diabetes and heart disease predictor

Breastfeeding a child may lower a woman`s risk of developing Metabolic Syndrome, a condition linked to heart disease and diabetes in women, according to a Kaiser Permanente study that was published today online ahead of print and will appear in the February issue of Diabetes. The protective association was even stronger for women who had gestational diabetes during pregnancy, according to the study`s lead author, Erica Gunderson, PhD, an epidemiologist and research scientist at Kaiser Permanente`s Division of Research in Oakland, Calif.

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