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Breastfeeding boosts mental health
10-27-2006 · EurekAlert!A new study has found that babies that are breastfed for longer than six months have significantly better mental health in childhood.The findings are based on data from the ground-breaking Raine Study at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research that has tracjed the growth and development of more than 2500 West Australian children over the past 16 years.
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