Predictors of Overweight During Childhood in Offspring of Parents With Type 1 Diabetes
Response to Rodekamp et al.
- Sandra Hummel, PHD1,
- Maren Pflüger, MSC2,
- Susanne Kreichauf, MPH2,
- Michael Hummel, MD3 and
- Anette-G. Ziegler, MD1,2,3
- 1Forschergruppe Diabetes der Technischen Universität München, Munich, Germany;
- 2Institut für Diabetesforschung der Forschergruppe Diabetes e.V. am Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany;
- 3Klinik für Endokrinologie, Diabetologie und Suchtmedizin, Klinikum Schwabing StKM, Munich, Germany.
- Corresponding author: Anette-G. Ziegler, anziegler{at}lrz.uni-muenchen.de.
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 …
