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bananas

(27,509 posts) Wed Mar 18, 2015, 10:24 PM Mar 2015

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Breastfed babies have higher IQ and income as adults, study shows - CBS This Morning

Breastfed babies have higher IQ and income as adults, study shows
CBS This Morning
Published on Mar 18, 2015

There's new evidence of the lasting benefits of breastfeeding. A large new study finds the longer a baby is nursed, the higher their IQ, education and income when they grow up. Dr. Holly Phillips joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the findings.

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Breastfed babies have higher IQ and income as adults, study shows - CBS This Morning (Original Post) bananas Mar 2015 OP

Oh just great. Now we will have to add 'Breastfed Privilege' to the others we need to check. nt kelly1mm Mar 2015 #1

"the longer a baby is nursed, the higher their IQ, education and income" delrem Mar 2015 #2

The problem with a study like this is that... Nitram Mar 2015 #3

kelly1mm

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1. Oh just great. Now we will have to add 'Breastfed Privilege' to the others we need to check. nt

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Thu Mar 19, 2015, 12:26 AM

Mar 2015

delrem

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2. "the longer a baby is nursed, the higher their IQ, education and income"

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Thu Mar 19, 2015, 03:45 AM

Mar 2015

So c'mon, people! Can someone come up with a better straight line?

Nitram

(22,803 posts)

3. The problem with a study like this is that...

Reply to bananas (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2015, 08:20 AM

Mar 2015

...better-educated, higher income mothers may be more aware of the advantages of breast-feeding in the first place.

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