Kerr WC, et al. - Alcohol use patterns and risk of diabetes onset was determined using data from the US National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 cohort of 14– 21-year-olds followed through 2012. The results corroborated the previous findings of protective effects from low volume drinking compared to lifetime abstention and harmful effects from regular heavy occasion drinking for women. In addition, the protective effects were shown to be limited to overweight women in this US sample.