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ey0015.10-19 | Prevention | ESPEYB15

10.19 Infant Feeding and Risk of T1DM in Two Large Scandinavian Birth Cohorts

NA Lund-Blix , S Dydensborg Sander , K Størdal , AM Nybo Andersen , KS Rønningen , G Joner , T Skrivarhaug , PR Njølstad , S Husby , LC Stene

To read the full abstract: Diabetes Care. 2017;40:920-927Breast feeding has been identified as one albeit weak protective factor protecting from the development of for example obesity, autoimmune disease and in particular T1DM. The mechanisms of this preventive effect are not known. One explanation might still be a confounding effect of social status, overall healthy lifestyles in the families in who...