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