How long you breastfeed may impact your kids' test scores
DOES HAVE A PROGRAM TO HELP AND
WE HAVE A LINK TO THAT ON WRAL
DOT COM.
>> IT IS SOMETHING ALL NEW
MOTHERS THINK ABOUT WHETHER
TO FEED THEIR CHILD AND IF SO
FOR HOW LONG A NEW STUDY
TRACKED KIDS FROM INFANCY TO
HIGH SCHOOL AND FOUND THAT
THERE IS A CONNECTION BETWEEN
BREASTFEEDING AND TEST SCORES.
COMES WITH A CAVEAT, THOUGH.
KEN SMITH JOINS US NOW TO SHARE
THIS CONNECTION TO THIS STUDY
THAT WAS FOUND CAN. YEAH,
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT OF THIS IS
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE BENEFITS
OF BREASTFEEDING. BUT
>> WE SHOULD POINT OUT
BREASTFEEDING ISN'T FOR EVERY
FAMILY. A STUDY OUT OF THE UK
PUBLISHED THIS WEEK IN THE
JOURNAL ARCHIVES OF DISEASE
IN CHILDREN. IT STRUCK ABOUT
5,000 CHILDREN FROM INFANCY
TO THEIR SENIOR YEAR IN HIGH
SCHOOL. THE CHILDREN WERE
DIVIDED INTO GROUPS BASED ON
HOW LONG THEY WERE. BREASTFED,
FOR EXAMPLE, NOT AT ALL A FEW
FOR MORE RESEARCHERS THEN
COMPARED STUDENTS TEST SCORES.
HERE'S WHAT THEY FOUND.
CHILDREN WHO ARE BREASTFED FOR
AT LEAST 12 MONTHS WITH 39%
MORE LIKELY TO HAVE HIGH TO
SCHOOL FOR MET WITH MATH AND
ENGLISH. ALSO, THEY WERE 25%
LESS LIKELY TO FAIL THE ENGLISH
EXAM. RESEARCHERS ALSO POINT
THOSE ARE THE HIGHER
SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND AND
WILL LIKELY TO BREASTFEED,
WHICH MEANS THAT CHILDREN HAVE
A HIGHER CHANCE OF DOING WELL