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

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

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A new study finds that breastfeeding a child may lower a woman's risk of developing metabolic syndrome, a condition linked to heart disease and diabetes in women, by up to 86 percent. the 20-year prospective study of 704 ethnically diverse women found the protective association of breastfeeding was even stronger for women who had gestational diabetes. this is the first study to measure all components of metabolic syndrome before pregnancy and after weaning.

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Breastfeeding A Child May Protect Women from Metabolic Syndrome, A Condition Linked to Diabetes and Heart Disease in Women | Kaiser Permanente News Center

xnet.kp.org — “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 online ahead of print and will appear in the February issue of 'Diabetes,' a journal of the American Diabetes Association. 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 epidemiologistView full resource at xnet.kp.org

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