Sentences with phrase «tests than formula fed»

Breastfed babies score an average of 6 points higher on IQ tests than formula fed babies.

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A small study of obese formula - feeding mothers found that they spent less time interacting with infants over a 24 hour testing period than non-obese mothers [76].

We can not randomize breastfeeding, although it is possible to randomize breast milk: Lucas et al23 conducted an ingenious study in which premature infants who were fed their mother's milk from a bottle did better on follow - up testing than children who were fed formula.

Most previous studies have compared breast fed children with children who were exclusively formula fed, but some studies have found that the correlation between breast feeding and cognitive ability increases with a longer duration of breast feeding.3 13 30 A Finnish study of 1163 children found a mean difference of 2.4 points on a cognitive test at 6 months of age between children breast fed for less than five months, compared to children breast fed for at least five months.10

Studies have shown that breastfed infants do better on intelligence and behaviour tests into adulthood than formula - fed babies.

In 2007, researchers reported in the journal Early Human Development that children who had received no DHA in formula or breast milk during the first 17 weeks of life had poorer visual acuity at age 4, and did worse on language tests showing verbal IQ, than those who fed breast milk.

In feeding studies, dogs fed these formulas performed better at cognitive assessment tests than dogs fed a placebo diet.