Predictors of Overweight During Childhood in Offspring of Parents With Type 1 Diabetes
Response to Hummel et al.
- Elke Rodekamp, MD,
- Thomas Harder, MD,
- Joachim W. Dudenhausen, MD and
- Andreas Plagemann, MD
- From the Clinic of Obstetrics, Division of Experimental Obstetrics, Charité–University Medicine Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany.
- Corresponding author: Elke Rodekamp, elke.rodekamp{at}charite.de.
We read with interest the article by Hummel et al. (1) regarding predictors of childhood overweight risk in offspring of type 1 diabetic parents. Beyond the reevaluation of large-for-gestational-age (LGA) status as a long-term risk factor for later overweight, it is important and became clear that in this study breast-feeding significantly decreased childhood overweight risk. Thus, the study provides new data supporting the promotion of breast-feeding, which is undoubtedly worth targeting. Moreover, the authors also confirmed that, of course, maternal type 1 diabetes is not a risk factor as such, but that tight metabolic control during pregnancy may optimize the short- …
