Breastfeeding and Type 2 Diabetes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Purpose of Review Breastfeeding has short- and long-term benefits for child health. In this systematic review, we updated a review on the association between breastfeeding and type 2 diabetes. Recent Findings A meta-analysis published in 2015 reported that breastfeeding protects against type 2 diabe...

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Published in:	Current diabetes reports Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 1 - 6
Main Authors:	Horta, Bernardo Lessa, de Lima, Natalia Peixoto
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Springer US 01-01-2019 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Breast Feeding Breastfeeding & lactation Child Child Health Confidence intervals Diabetes Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - epidemiology Fatty Acids, Unsaturated - metabolism Female Humans Medicine Medicine & Public Health Meta-analysis Middle Aged Pediatric Type 2 and Monogenic Diabetes (O Pinhas-Hamiel Section Editor Social Class Systematic review Topical Collection on Pediatric Type 2 and Monogenic Diabetes Young Adult Type 2 diabetes Human milk Breastfeeding Glycemia
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Summary:	Purpose of Review Breastfeeding has short- and long-term benefits for child health. In this systematic review, we updated a review on the association between breastfeeding and type 2 diabetes. Recent Findings A meta-analysis published in 2015 reported that breastfeeding protects against type 2 diabetes (pooled odds ratio, 0.65 (95% confidence interval, 0.48; 0.86)). In the present update, we identified three recently published studies. An internet-based study reported that at a mean age of 25.6 years, exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months protected against type 2 diabetes (odds ratio, 0.63 (95% confidence interval, 0.41; 0.95)). In a retrospective cohort, those subjects who had been breastfed before hospital discharge were less likely of presenting diabetes (odds ratio, 0.83 (95% confidence interval, 0.69; 0.99)). In a case-control study, the odds of type 2 diabetes in adolescents was lower for those exclusively breastfed at hospital discharge (odds ratio, 0.52 (95% confidence interval, 0.36; 0.74)). In the meta-analysis, the pooled odds ratio was 0.67 (95% confidence interval, 0.56; 0.80). Summary The updated systematic review and meta-analysis suggests that breastfeeding protects from type 2 diabetes.
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ISSN:	1534-4827 1539-0829
DOI:	10.1007/s11892-019-1121-x