Heather
Thanks for alerting us to this study on PLoS
One. I would really appreciate the full-text,
please (send to <[log in to unmask]>)
- I also looked today and can't find it, and the
British press are having a field-day with these
atrocious results :'( Of special note, even the
NHS (who should know better!) is reporting on it
very positively, see
<http://www.nhs.uk/news/2015/09September/Pages/No-significant-link-between-breastfeeding-and-higher-IQ.aspx>http://www.nhs.uk/news/2015/09September/Pages/No-significant-link-between-breastfeeding-and-higher-IQ.aspx
You bring up the good point that breastfeeding
was defined as "ever" or "never". So that says
a lot. To add to this, in one of the reports it
says that the study population were twins, 62% of
whom were breastfed for 4 months. As we know,
it's difficult enough to get British mothers to
breastfeed singletons, never mind twins, and our
breastfeeding rates are appallingly low. It's
very unlikely that any of those babies - being
twins - would have been exclusively breastfed, or
would have received much breastfeeding at all
beyond a year. So it's interesting to speculate
why this population would have been chosen to
look specifically at breastfeeding and its effect
on IQ. It might be worth digging around to see where the funding came from.
Meanwhile there are other articles in the
lactation literature testifying to improved cognition with breastfeeding:
ABM protocol at
<http://www.bfmed.org/Media/Files/Protocols/Protocol_16.pdf>http://www.bfmed.org/Media/Files/Protocols/Protocol_16.pdf
Anderson JW, Johnstone BM, Remley DT.
Breastfeeding and cognitive development: A
meta-analysis. Am J Clin Nutr 1999;70:525–535.
Horwood LJ, Fergusson DM. Breastfeeding and later
cognitive and academic outcomes. Pediatrics 1998; 101:E9.
Jacobson SW, Chiodo LM, Jacobson JL.
Breastfeeding effects on intelligence quotient in
4- and 11-year-old children. Pediatrics 1999;103:E71.
Vohr BR, Poindexter BB, Dusick AM, et al.
Beneficial effects of breastmilk in the neonatal
intensive care unit on the developmental outcomes of extremely low
birth weight infants at 18 months of age. Pediatrics 2006;118:e115–e123.
Mortensen EL, Michaelsen KF, Sanders SA, Reinisch
JM. The association between duration of
breastfeeding and adult intelligence. JAMA 2002;287:2365–2371.
Rao MR, Hediger ML, Levine RJ, et al. Effect of
breastfeeding on cognitive development of infants
born small for gestational age. Acta Paediatr 2002;91:267–274.
Anderson JW, Johnstone BM, Remley DT.
Breastfeeding and cognitive development: A
meta-analysis. Am J Clin Nutr 1999; 70:525–535.
Slykerman RF, Thompson JM, Becroft DM, et al.
Breastfeeding and intelligence of preschool
children. Acta Paediatr 2005;94:832–837.
Pamela Morrison IBCLC
Rustington, West Sussex, England
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