Breastfed kids grow smarter and brighter
Washington: Children and adults breastfed as infants not only score higher on IQ tests but also perform better on thinking, learning and memory parameters.
Teachers also rate these children higher academically both in reading and writing, compared to those who were not fed breast milk.
The evidence is based on studies of breastfed and non-breastfed children. Michael S Kramer, of Montreal Children's Hospital, Canada and colleagues conducted a random trial of a breastfeeding promotion programme, involving patients at 31 maternity hospitals and affiliated clinics in Belarus.
Between June 1996 and December 1997, clinics were randomly assigned to adopt a programme supporting and promoting breastfeeding or to continue their current practices and policies.
A total of 7,108 infants and mothers who visited facilities promoting breastfeeding and 6,781 infants and mothers who visited control facilities received follow-up interviews and examinations between 2002 and 2005, when the children were an average of 6.5 years old.
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