Breastfeeding Duration Associated With Cognition

Breastfeeding Duration Associated With Cognition

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·May 25, 2022

Summary: Longer breastfeeding duration was associated with increased scores in cognitive tests in children from 5 to 14 years of age.

Source: PLOS

Breastfeeding duration is associated with improved cognitive scores at ages 5 through 14, even after controlling for socioeconomic position and maternal cognitive ability, according to a new study published this week in PLOS ONE  by Reneé Pereyra-Elías, Maria Quigley and Claire Carson of the University of Oxford, U.K.

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Breastfeeding Duration Associated With Cognition