Breastfeeding alters maternal metabolism, protects against diabetes for up to 15 years after delivery

Date: July 20, 2016

Source: Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen - German Research Centre for Environmental Health

Summary:

An interdisciplinary team of scientists has studied the metabolism of women with gestational diabetes after giving birth. They were able to show that breastfeeding for more than three months brings about long-term metabolic changes.

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