Effect of breast milk of diabetic mothers on bodyweight of the offspring in the first year of life.
OBJECTIVE
There is increasing evidence that in healthy populations, breast-fed infants are leaner than formula-fed infants. It is of interest to know the effects of breast-feeding on infant weight in case of maternal diabetes, given the high incidence of fetal macrosomia and risk of childhood obesity in this population.


METHODS
As part of a nation-wide study in the Netherlands on diabetes and pregnancy, 229 women with Type 1 diabetes were sent a questionnaire on weight and height of their infant, the type of nutrition given during the first 6 weeks of life, the duration of lactation and intercurrent diseases during the first year of life.


CONCLUSIONS
Our data show no significant difference between breast-,formula-, and mixed-fed infants in weight and body mass index (BMI) at 1 y of age, which is not in accordance with the findings in nondiabetic populations.
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Department of Perinatology and Gynaecology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands. a.kerssen@azu.nl
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D001724:Birth Weight; D001835:Body Weight; D001942:Breast Feeding; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005320:Fetal Macrosomia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D041943:Infant Formula; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000254:growth & development*; D008297:Male; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000502:physiology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013997:Time Factors; D015430:Weight Gain