I'll bet many of us had our LC antennae put to alert with the announcement
of this new media campaign! The American Diabetes Association toll-free
number (USA) is 800-342-2383(Alexandria VA). There are chapters in each
state, as well.

James R. Gavin III, MD, PhD, is the chair of the American Diabetes
Association's African American Program--which made it's big debut to the
media yesterday (February 5). He also serves as Senior Scientific Officer of
the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Research
suggesting a link between ethnicity and hypertension/diabetes was also
unveiled yesterday by Kwame Osei, MD Professor of Medicine, Division of
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism,The Ohio State University College of
Medicine. He used three groups: African immigrants, African Americans and
White Americans. He reports increased tendencies for hypertension/diabetes
in the first two groups.

You can visit the ADA web pages, where "The Effect of Lactation on Glucose
and Lipid Metabolism in Women with Recent Gestational Diabetes. Obstet
Gynecol 82(3):451-455, 1993" was listed...but nothing on
breastfeeding/diabetes (maybe I didn't search long enough??) The ADA page is
  http://www.diabetes.org/

A pediatrician friend of mine called the ADA in 1994 re: Monte, W.,
Johnston, et al.: Bovine serum albumin detected in infant formula is a
possible trigger for insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.  J Amer Diet Assoc
1994; 94:314-16. She was told that the research was "controversial" and not
accepted by the ADA. That was then...perhaps things have changed since?

Anyone who gets responses please post here on Lactnet.

Margery Wilson, IBCLC
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ILCA Region I (New England States) Representative