Among infants at hereditary risk for type 1 diabetes, the introduction of solid foods before or after 4-5 months of age is associated with increased diabetes risk

摘要

While the increasing incidence of type 2 diabetes in children is receiving much attention, the predicted doubling of new type 1 diabetes cases younger than 5 years between 2005 and 2020 is also worrisome.1 Environmental factors, such as the timing of introducing solid foods to infants, have been on the agenda in the search for reasons for the rapid rise in type 1 diabetes in children. However, results from retrospective studies are inconclusive. Frederiksen and colleagues prospectively assessed infant diet in a birth cohort of children who were at increased genetic risk for type 1 diabetes.