Breastfeeding Moms Have Lower Diabetes Risk?

Filed in archive Lifestyle , Research on August 30, 2010

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According to a new study from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, moms who breastfeed for one month or longer have a lower risk of diabetes later in life.

According to researcher Eleanor Bimla Schwarz, MD, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine:

"Moms who had ever breastfed were much less likely to develop diabetes. Moms who had never breastfed had almost twice the risk of developing diabetes as moms who had."

The researchers evaluated data on 2,233 women and their evaluation found the following: Later in life, here is the breakdown of who developed diabetes:

• 17.5% of the women who hadn't given birth.


• 17% of the women who breastfed all their children for a month or longer.


• 20.3% of those who breastfed, but not all children for a month or longer.


• 26.7% of moms who didn't breastfeed.

Findings of the said study were reported in The American Journal of Medicine.