noncognitive development

Study: Parents’ educational and income levels (not breastfeeding per se) account for the brain development gains in breastfed children

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Study shows no long-term cog­ni­tive ben­e­fit to breast­feed­ing (CNN):

“While the med­ical ben­e­fits of breast­feed­ing for help­ing new­borns fight infec­tions and help­ing pre-term infants get stronger are fair­ly well estab­lished, the long-term impact is much less so…a new study pub­lished in the jour­nal Pedi­atrics finds that breast­feed­ing has lit­tle impact on long-term cog­ni­tive devel­op­ment and behav­ior. [Read more…] about Study: Par­ents’ edu­ca­tion­al and income lev­els (not breast­feed­ing per se) account for the brain devel­op­ment gains in breast­fed children