Breast-Fed Kids May Be Less Hyper, But Not Necessarily Smarter, Study Finds
Prior research points to an association between breast-feeding and higher intelligence, but a new study finds no causal link. The study does find that breast-fed kids are less hyperactive at age 3.
by Allison Aubrey
Mar 27, 2017
2 minutes
Breast-feeding has many known health benefits, but there's still debate about how it may influence kids' behavior and intelligence.
Now, a new study published in Pediatrics finds that children who are breast-fed for at least six months as babies have less hyperactive behavior by age 3 compared with kids who weren't breast-fed.
But the study also finds that breast-feeding doesn't
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