[Pearls Before Swine]

My sister in law breast fed both her children. Not only did she not lose weight like some women who nurse do, she became diabetic in her late 40s.

Sadly, sometimes genetics is destiny. Most of these studies show probablity shifts which are small when applied to any individual.

[neverdem]

When you look at these studies of sample populations they like to use the term risk, as in relative risk, for a predisposing risk factor. They can be good numbers for groups; the larger the sample, the better the number. They can’t predict anything for an individual. The best an individual can do is lessen the odds.