AffordableHealthInsurance.org:
Researchers studied data on 3,500 babies born in Brazil over a 20-year period. Their data indicated that breastfed babies ended up with higher IQs, more years of school and higher incomes compared to babies who were not breastfed. Many other health officials disputed the results, adding that the link between breastfeeding and intelligence was not strong, and that other factors such as the IQ of the parents as well as the parents’ education and socio-economic states were of equal or more importance.
However, the study maintains that babies who are breastfed for a year or more grow up with IQs 4 points higher, more years of schooling, and higher incomes than babies who were not breastfed.
According to the Centers For Disease Control, hospital “facilities in zip codes with more than 12.2 percent black residents were less likely than hospitals in zip codes with fewer black residents to meet five of 10 indicators that show hospitals are supporting breastfeeding.”
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