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Breast-feeding seen to curb type 2 diabetes later
母乳喂养降低成年后2型糖尿病风险
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Breast-fed babies appear to be less likely to develop type 2 diabetes when they reach adolescence, according to findings published in the medical journal Diabetes Care.
纽约路透社健康报道，在《Diabetes Care》上刊登的研究显示，母乳喂养的小孩在青春期发生糖尿病的风险降低。
"Dramatic increases in childhood obesity and the emergence of type 2 diabetes in youth motivate research to identify lifestyle approaches to primary prevention of both conditions," write Dr. Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis of the University of South Carolina, Columbia, and colleagues.
儿童肥胖和儿童2型糖尿病的的流行促使学者们进行相关研究，明确预防这两种情况的一些生活方式，南卡罗来纳大学的Dr. Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis和他的同事说。
To investigate factors related to the occurrence of type 2 diabetes in individuals 10 to 21 years of age, the researchers used a subset of data from a larger study. The analysis included 80 subjects with type 2 diabetes who were matched to 167 "controls" without diabetes.
为了确认10～21岁年龄段人群发生糖尿病的危险因素，他们使用了一项大型研究中的一个亚组进行研究。研究共纳入了80名患有2型糖尿病的年轻人，以及167名健康对照。
The breast-feeding rate was lower in subjects with type 2 diabetes compared with the control subjects, at 20 versus 27 percent in African Americans; 50 versus 84 percent for Hispanics; and 39 percent versus 78 percent for non-Hispanic whites, respectively.
结果显示，与对照组相比，患有2型糖尿病的人群幼时母乳喂养的比例较低。在美籍非洲居民中比例是20：27，在西班牙人中是50：84，在非西班牙白人中是39：78。
Regardless of ethnic group, further analysis indicated that the protective effect of breast feeding against type 2 diabetes was in large part attributable to its effect in moderating current childhood weight.
排除种族因素的影响，进一步的研究提示，母乳喂养预防2型糖尿病的原因多数是归结于其调节儿童期体重的作用。
Nonetheless, breast-feeding in itself had a protective effect, Mayer-Davis and colleagues found.
然而，母乳喂养本身就是有一定的保护作用的。
"Given other well-established reasons for breast-feeding," the researchers conclude, "renewed efforts to encourage breast-feeding in populations at high risk for type 2 diabetes may be useful."
除了其他给出的母乳喂养的理由，现在的研究也提示，在2型糖尿病高危儿童中提倡母乳喂养是有用的。
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