How can we test if breast is best?

• Autores: Clare Wilson, Catherine de Lange
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2959, 2014, pág. 11
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Some of the common claims about the long-term benefits of breastfeeding--that it can boost IQ and protect against health conditions in later life--have been cast into doubt by a new study. Unsurprisingly, considering how contentious the issue of whether women should breastfeed is, the work has already been criticized. Cynthia Colen and David Ramey of Ohio State University in Columbus found no effect on IQ, but Michael Kramer at McGill University in Montreal Canada, questions their use of siblings because the decision to breastfeed one child and not the other isn't random.