Breastfed children are better behaved
Breastfed children are more likely to be better behaved, according to an Oxford University-led study. Researchers have found that those who are breastfed for at least four months are 30 per cent less likely to exhibit a range of behavioural problems when they start school. Such problems include anxiety, clinginess, bad behaviour such as lying and stealing, as well as being hyperactive. Maria Quigley of Oxford University's National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, who led the study, said "We found that children who were breastfed for at least four months were less likely to have behavioural problems at age five." Source: Journal Archives of Disease in Childhood
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