Breastfeeding ups brain development in pre-term babies

Updated On: 01 August, 2016 10:52 AM IST | | IANS

<p>Pre-term babies who were fed more breast milk within the first 28 days of life showed better levels of intelligence, academic achievement, working memory as well as higher brain function by the age of seven, equivalent to infants at full-term, finds a study</p>

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New York: Pre-term babies who were fed more breast milk within the first 28 days of life showed better levels of intelligence, academic achievement, working memory as well as higher brain function by the age of seven, equivalent to infants at full-term, finds a study.

Breastfeeding ups brain development in pre-term babies
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