Children who are breastfed for longer appear to be more likely to gain slightly better results in their school GSCEs at age 16 compared with non-breastfed children, suggests a study published online in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood.
Children who are breastfed for longer appear to be more likely to gain slightly better results in their school GSCEs at age 16 compared with non-breastfed children, suggests a study published online in the journalThe evidence of improved educational outcomes is still apparent even when various factors are taken into account such as people's socio-economic status and their parents' intelligence.
This data was linked to the National Pupil Dataset, which stores longitudinal academic data of students enrolled in English state schools. Analysis of the results showed that longer breastfeeding was associated with better educational outcomes. After taking into account confounding factors, the overall association showed that compared with children never breastfed, children breastfed for at least 12 months were 39% more likely to have a high pass for both exams and were 25% less likely to fail the English exam.
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