of course I immediately thought no, that's wrong- it should be "NOT breastfeeding INCREASES risk of development of type 2 diabetes in youth" but at least they used a biological norm of nondiabetic youth as the control (rather than formula-fed as the control and bf as the experimental group). ".....We hypothesized that youth with type 2 diabetes would be less likely to have been breast-fed compared with nondiabetic control youth and that this finding would be consistent across three race/ethnic groups of non-Hispanic whites, African Americans, and Hispanics and independent of maternal diabetes status...." but then they reverted back to the old "benefits of bf" mentality: "...Breast-feeding has multiple salutary effects for children, and one of these effects appears to be a reduction in the risk for the development of type 2 diabetes. Breast-feeding reduces this risk primarily by reducing children's weight, but the precise means by which this occurs is unclear." " Breast-feeding may set a lower and enduring satiety limit for infants..." (should state that bf children are NORMAL weight and bf sets NORMAL satiety limits) "....whereas overfeeding among bottle-fed infants can increase peak insulin levels and prolong the insulin response" but this is interesting: "Certain exposures associated with bottle-feeding, particularly to chemicals used to make plastic bottles and nitrates in tap water, can reduce pancreatic beta-cell function...." http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/571869?sssdmh=dm1.341946&src=nldne vicki hayes rn ibclc in brunswick ga, who obviously just returned from a Diane Wiessinger presentation :-) mom of sean (9/00), harrison (9/03), and lachlan (3/06) www.myspace.com/that_username_is_taken *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome