Could breastfeeding make your baby brighter?

Babies who are breastfed grow up to be more intelligent, scientists have suggested.

16 Mar 2011

(Image: Dave Goodman, via Wikimedia Commons)

(Image: Dave Goodman, via Wikimedia Commons)

Just four weeks on their mothers' milk can have a "significant" effect on a child's development in primary and secondary school, research has found.

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