1. Breastfeeding and Cognitive Development
... scores. Breast milk is full of nutrients, vitamins and antibodies that are essential to the newborns development. When children from both groups, those who were breastfed and those who were formula fed, were tested at age one, there was no difference amongst their Bayley scales. A Bayley scale is a series of measurements that assess the motor, language and cognitive development of infants ... Southern Africa (World Health Organization, 2011; UNICEF, 2011 as cited in Cook and Cook, 2014). However breastfeeding rates are still low in poorer nations. When mothers do decided to use formula,...
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