Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding Helps Build Strong Brains

By |2023-11-14T15:45:28+00:00August 14th, 2023|Categories: Baby, Breastfeeding|

August is National Breastfeeding Month. Several studies have now shown that the children who have been breastfed also tend to be better learners and tend to have, on average, stronger brains. That is new information and it is anchored in the new brain science that we are learning from current research about the impact of [...]

World Breastfeeding Week 2020

By |2020-08-03T19:21:43+00:00August 3rd, 2020|Categories: Baby, Breastfeeding|

Each year, the first week of August is recognized as World Breastfeeding Week; the theme of World Breastfeeding Week 2020 is “Support breastfeeding for a healthier planet”.  Three Key Years hopes to increase the awareness surrounding the science that support the benefits of breastfeeding.  The security and bond between mother and child has always been a [...]

Breastfeeding premature babies boosts their IQ later in life, research finds

By |2017-02-24T20:35:59+00:00February 1st, 2017|Categories: Baby, Brain, Breastfeeding, Early Development, IQ|

July 29,2016 Independent -- Premature babies which are breastfed during their first month have higher IQs later in life, research has suggested. The infants have been found to have larger volumes of certain brain regions at term equivalent and have better IQs, academic achievement, working memory and motor function. Research, published in The Journal of Paediatrics, followed [...]

Breast-feeding, IQ and learning levels for children

By |2022-08-30T16:39:41+00:00January 17th, 2017|Categories: Baby, Brain, Breastfeeding, Early Development, IQ|Tags: |

September 3, 2016 Institute for InterGroup Understanding The attached research study about breast-feeding premature infants should go a very long way in reinforcing the high value of breast-feeding to children. The researchers looked at a sample of premature babies and compared the IQ levels of the children who had been fed breast milk during their [...]

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