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Breastfeeding: Racial Disparities & Health Benefits For Mom & Baby

six months or more across all births had a 47% reduction in their risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to those who did not breastfeed at all.

2. Women who breastfed over a cumulative period of 15 months or longer had a 53% lower risk for developing multiple sclerosis than women who had not breast-fed, according to a Kaiser Permanente Southern California study.

3. Overall, breastfeeding has been found to reduce a mother’s risk of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and ovarian and breast cancer.

4. Breastfeeding has many health benefits for babies because it reduces the risks of asthma, obesity, type 2 diabetes, ear and respiratory infections, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

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Breastfeeding is important, given the protective effects of breastfeeding against type 2 diabetes. African Americans are almost twice as likely to be diagnosed with diabetes as non-Hispanic whites, according to the Office of Minority Health.

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