NEW THIS THURSDAY: BREASTFEEDING AND INTELLIGENCE

Monday, 27th of May 2013

· BREASTFEEDING AND INTELLIGENCE

FROM THE W.H.O. PUBLICATION, LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF BREASTFEEDING. A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

From the conclusions:

Intelligence tests

“Breastfeeding was associated with an increase in 3.5 points in normalized test scores in the pooled analyses of all studies, and 2.2 points when only the high-quality studies are included. The two randomized trials also found significant effects. We conclude that there is strong evidence of a causal effect of breastfeeding on IQ, although the magnitude of this effect seems to be modest.”

Full text is at http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/79198/1/9789241505307_eng.pdf

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