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Early diet affects intelligence.


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 SA, Reinisch JM. The association between duration of breastfeeding and adult intelligence. JAMA JAMA
abbr.
Journal of the American Medical Association
 2002;287:2365-2371.

Children who are breastfed may experience long-term Long-term

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 positive effects on cognitive and intellectual development. Possible explanations for these benefits are the contents of breast milk (ie, nutrients that may stimulate brain development), physical and psychological contact between mother and child, unidentified factors that correlate with feeding methods and the development of cognitive and intellectual ability, or relevant identified factors that cannot be controlled for fully in statistical analyses. There are no additional benefits associated with breastfeeding after 9 months of age.
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Title Annotation:breastfeeding
Publication:Southern Medical Journal
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Feb 1, 2003
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