Long‐term consequences of breastfeeding on cholesterol, obesity, systolic blood pressure and type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

Aim To systematically review the evidence on the associations between breastfeeding and overweight/obesity, blood pressure, total cholesterol and type 2 diabetes. Methods Two independent literature searches were carried out using the MEDLINE , LILACS , SCIELO and Web of Science databases. Studies restricted to infants and those without an internal comparison group were excluded. Fixed‐ and random‐effects models were used to pool the estimates....