Nurturing a baby through breastfeeding is a proven method of care that boosts a child’s IQ. A new study out of Boston, published in the AMA Journal of Pediatrics, points out that the longer a child is breastfed, the higher their IQ will be. The correlation was made even after variables like mother’s intelligence, income, and education status were controlled.
A year of breastfeeding gives a child a 4 point IQ advantage by age 7
The results were clear, examining 1,300 mothers whose nursing time varied between six months up to a year.
- When they compared the breastfed children at age three, the r...
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