Breast-Feeding Boosts Child’s School Performance
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Children who were breast-fed do better in high school and are more likely to go to college than their bottle-fed siblings, researchers report.
… “We compare sibling pairs — one of whom was breast-fed and one of whom was not, or siblings who were breast-fed for different durations — and find consistent evidence that breast-fed children have higher high school grade point averages and a higher probability of attending college,” …
… “If you’re breast-fed, your high school GPA goes up substantially, and the likelihood that you go on to college goes up,” Rees said.
For every month you are breast-fed, your high school GPA goes up about 1 percent and your probability of going to college goes up about 2 percent, Rees added.
… “An array of health benefits is convincingly associated with breast-feeding, including a reduced risk of both infections and obesity in the breast-fed child,” Katz said. “Less certain, but long suggested, is enhanced cognitive development in breast-fed children as well.” …
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