by Isaak Kwok on October 9, 2008
in Parenting
Besides being good for the baby, breastfeeding can have healthy effects on the mother as well. In a recent study done by the World Cancer Research Fund, mothers who breastfeed for at least a year over the course of her life reduces the risk of breast cancer by up to 4.8%. However, the actual reduction […]
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breastfeeding,
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Recently, I came across two news articles that talked about the impact on a child from what the parents eat and drink. In the first article from News.com.au, the emphasis was on putting across the idea that the drinking habits of dads and mums have the most impact on the future alcohol consumption of a […]
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breastfeeding,
child development,
Child Health,
food,
Parenting,
pregnancy
Researchers have found that breastfed children end up performing better at IQ tests by the age of six as compared to those that were fed with formula milk. However, the point need to be tempered down a little as the researchers were not able to find whether the better score at IQ tests is a […]
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babies,
breastfeeding,
intelligence,
iq