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Breastfeeding associated with better brain development, neurocognitive outcomes
July 29, 2016 by NewsBot
A new study, which followed 180 pre-term infants from birth to age seven, found that babies who were fed more breast milk within the first 28 days of life had had larger volumes of certain regions of the brain at term equivalent and had better IQs, academic achievement, working memory, and motor function.