Breast is best: human milk is the optimal food for brain development
Uauy, R.; Peirano, P.
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 70(4): 433-434
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9165 PMID: 10500009 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/70.4.433Document Number: 533906
This editorial, in the form of a brief literature review, examines the effect of consumption of human milk on IQ development in children, and concludes that there is sufficient evidence to indicate that human milk consumption does exert an effect on cognitive development, but that the act of breast-feeding is not significant of itself.
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