Abstract
We thank Rodekamp et al. (1) for their interest in our article (2) on predictors of overweight during childhood in offspring of parents with type 1 diabetes. In our study, we analyzed overweight risk in children participating in the German BABYDIAB study, including both the offspring of mothers with and without type 1 diabetes. Plagemann et al. (3) have previously suggested that the beneficial effects of breast-feeding on childhood obesity are lost when mothers are affected by diabetes. The authors have advised caution with respect to encouraging breast-feeding in mothers with diabetes. Rodekamp et al. have raised some questions on this issue, which we will attempt to answer by reporting data on …
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