Breastfed children do better at school, study suggests

Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 14:10 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have shown that breastfeeding causes children to do better at school. The study found that as little as four weeks of breastfeeding for a newborn baby has a significant effect on brain development, which persists until the child is at least 14 years old.

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