Breastfeeding Initiation Associated With Reduced Incidence of Diabetes in Mothers and Offspring

OBJECTIVE: To examine associations between breastfeeding initiation and subsequent diabetes among First Nations (indigenous people in Canada who are not Métis or Inuit) and non–First Nations mothers and their offspring with and without gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). METHODS: This retrospective database study included 334,553 deliveries (1987–2011) in Manitoba with up to 24 years of follow-up for diabetes using population-based databases....