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I receive a daily bulletin on nutrition from NutritionNewsFocus.com and of course
was especially interested when today's subject line read:
        NNF - Breastfeeding and Intelligence
Most of the piece is unremarkable but note the statement, "For another view on the
small difference in intelligence found in this study, see the Statistical
Assessment Service's analysis of this study at
http://www.stats.org/newsletters/0205/breast.htm where they argue a 5 percent
difference is irrelevant."

Alice Martino
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June 18, 2002
NUTRITION NEWS FOCUS
"Nutrition news is important.  We help you understand it!"

Today's Topic: Breastfeeding and Intelligence

Several previous studies have linked breastfeeding with improved
mental development in early and middle childhood.  A new study looked
at the relationship between duration of breastfeeding and intelligence
in young adults.  Two groups in Denmark were studied: almost 1,000
men and women who averaged 27 years of age, and over 2,200 men who
were almost 19 years old.

Two different intelligence tests were administered, and in both
studies duration of breast feeding was associated with increased
scores.  Those who were nursed nine months or more were fiver percent
smarter than those who nursed less than one month.  The studied
appeared in the May 8, 2002 issue of the Journal of the American
Medical Association.
< http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v287n18/abs/joc11087.html >

HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: A limitation of this
study is that mothers with higher intelligence choose to
breastfeed – therefore, their babies may simply inherit the genes for
intelligence.  But breastfeeding has numerous benefits over bottle
feeding.  Not only does it improve intellectual development, it
enhances babies' immune systems and may help prevent excess weight
gain.  For another view on the small difference in intelligence found
in this study, see the Statistical Assessment Service's analysis of
this study at http://www.stats.org/newsletters/0205/breast.htm where
they argue a 5 percent difference is irrelevant.

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any treatment, food or supplement.  It is not intended to replace
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