Breastfeeding for Longer May Boost IQ.
Scientist were unable to find a correlation between breastfeeding and motor skills, but found a positive association between duration of breast feeding and mental development even after adjusting for maternal age, maternal education, maternal intelligence and smoking at the time of conception. A longer duration of breastfeeding benefits cognitive development.
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