The medical benefits of breastfeeding for helping newborns fight infections and helping pre-term infants get stronger are fairly well established. But the long-term impact is less so.
A new study published in the journal Pediatrics finds that breastfeeding has little impact on long-term cognitive development and behavior.
While the researchers found that children who were breastfed for six months or more had lower rates of hyperactivity and improved problem-solving skills at three years-old, those differences were negligible by the time the child turned five.
