Friday, May 17, 2013
Breastfeeding and ADHD
There has been a long
debate about breastfeeding versus bottle feeding babies and how it will affect
their health. The debate continues. A simple study was done to see if breastfeeding
influenced the development of ADHD. Three groups were studied. The first group
of children had already been diagnosed with ADHD. The second group of children
had siblings with ADHD and the third group had no one with ADHD. A questionnaire
was given to the mothers of these children to find out how the children had
been fed as infants. It was found that children were more likely to develop
ADHD if they were not breastfed from 3 to 6 months of age. While this study was
simple it does show a possible link between breastfeeding and ADHD. This is
just another piece to the puzzle of which method is better for infants.
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