Breast-feeding and brain development
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Breast-feeding and brain development
The effect of breast-feeding on brain development, especially cognitive and visual, has been examined in many studies. The aim of this article is to summarize this group’s studies and relate them to results from reviews and meta-analyses. In two separate studies of visual development in term infants, visual acuity was better in breast-fed than in formula-fed infants, which is in accordance with...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Nutrition
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1102-6480,1651-2359
DOI: 10.1080/11026480310005180