The Western
Australian study, the results
of which were published in the Jan 2011 issue
of Pediatrics, which «studied more than 2900
children born between 1989 and 1991 from before birth to the
age of 10» and «found that boys who were breastfed for the first six months
of life received significantly higher scores in math, reading and spelling compared to formula - fed
children with the
same socioeconomic background.»