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Practice Reading: Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown) ID: #51162 Breast-feeding
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While  many  mothers-to-be  are  advised  about  the    of  breastfeeding,  what  they  may  not  be  told  is  that  the  effects  go  well  beyond  physical  health.  A  new  study  finds  babies  breastfed  for  long  periods  have  better  performance  on  intelligence  tests,  greater  school  achievement,  and  higher  monthly  incomes  as  30-year-olds.  While  past  research  has  found  higher  intelligence    among  breastfed  babies,  what  is  so  significant  about  this  study  is  that  the  researchers  were  able  to  collect  more  complete  information  on  breastfeeding  duration  and  also  followed  for  a  longer  period.  And,  by  using  a  population-based  birth  ,  the  breast  feeding  practices  had  no  association    income  level.  Most  of  the  evidence  of  higher  intelligence  test  scores  among  breastfed  babies  comes  from  high-income  countries,  where  middle-class  and  higher-class  mothers  are  more  likely  to  breastfeed  their  babies  than  lower  income  mothers-  certainly  in  the  United  States,  breastfeeding  rates    this  trend.  With  evidence  coming  from  first-world  countries  'Where  breastfeeding  is  positively  associated  with  higher  socioeconomic  status'.  Horta  explained,  'There  is  always  a  question  of  whether  the  effect  that  has  been  observed  in  other  studies  is  a  consequence  of  breastfeeding  by  itself  or  has  the  result  been  confounded  by  socioeconomic  status.'  Specifically,  higher  income  babies  are  most  likely  eating  better  quality  food  and  this  could  be  impacting  IQ  test  scores.

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