Moms who don't breastfeed more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, study finds

Friday, August 27, 2010 - 08:28 in Health & Medicine

Mothers who did not breastfeed their children have significantly higher rates of type 2 diabetes later in life than moms who breastfed, a new study finds. Twenty-seven percent of mothers who did not breastfeed developed type 2 diabetes and were almost twice as likely to develop the disease as women who had breastfed or never given birth.

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