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Comment
. 2012 Dec;61(12):3076-7.
doi: 10.2337/db12-1108.

The magic of mother's milk

Mahmoud A Mohammad  1 , Morey W Haymond
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The magic of mother's milk

Mahmoud A Mohammad et al. Diabetes. 2012 Dec.
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FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
Breastfeeding (BF) and women's health. This figure illustrates two potentially divergent models. In the preventative model (left panel), some factor(s) associated with breastfeeding ≥3 months lead to systemic effects resulting in reduction of long-term risks for obesity, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and diabetes, whereas breastfeeding for <3 months does not (right panel). An alternative model is the predictive model (horizontal panel), in which the mammary development and the hormonal, molecular, and metabolic events that permit initiation and/or sustenance of lactation are compromised by pre-existing conditions such as adiposity, inflammation, and insulin resistance. These pre-existing factors may place these women at higher risk for cardiovascular disease, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, and diabetes, as well as lactation failure.
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