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Breastfeeding Saves Millions for Taxpayers

17 October 2012

Scientists at Dundee University have discovered breast milk to be the best possible food the new born baby. They said breastfeeding is healthy for both the mother and the baby. It also saves hospitals lot of money.
Breast milk is healthy for the baby and the mother. It cures diseases in both.
Breastfeeding cures babies of stomach diseases, chest infections and ear aches.
Giving your child your own breast milk also prevents mothers from having breast cancer.
Breast milk provides natural immunity to the baby to fight viruses throughout life.
Women who do not breast feed their baby get breast cancer.
If mothers gave breast milk to their children, it would save the British
Health Department 40 Million Pounds of Taxpayers money.

Other studies have found that breastfed babies are more intelligent and have better eyesight.

 

















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Do good manners originate in breast?

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Breastfeeding leads to "better behaviour" in children, Researchers claim

"Fewer behavior problems for breastfed kids" says Scientific Study

Babies who are breastfed are less likely to grow into children with behavior problems by the time they reach the age of five than those who receive formula milk, scientists said.

In this study researchers from the universities of Oxford, Essex, York and from University College London used a nationwide British survey of babies born in 2000-2001 called the Millennium Cohort Study and included data for more than 9,500 mothers and babies born at full term to families of white ethnic background.

Babies who are breastfed are less likely to have behavioural problems by the age of five than those given formula milk, according to new research.



Maria Quigley of the national perinatal epidemiology unit at Oxford University, who led the work, said the findings "provide even more evidence for the benefits of breastfeeding."

Some benefits of breastfeeding are already well known -- for example breastfed babies have lower rates of infections, and mothers who breastfeed have a reduced risk of breast cancer.

A range of other health and child development benefits have also been suggested -- such as fewer behavioral problems and lower levels of obesity -- but the British team said evidence for these has been inconsistent across different studies.

"Positive bonding between parent and child is known to be fantastically helpful for development," he said. "This is more evidence of the importance of breastfeeding and mother-baby attachment, not just for physical health but also for the psychological development of the child."

Maria Quigley of Oxford University said, "We just don't know whether it is because of the constituents in breast milk, or the close interaction with the mum, or whether it is a knock-on effect of reduced illness in breastfed babies. But it does begin to look like we can add fewer behavioural problems as another potential benefit of breastfeeding." She went on to claim that breast milk contained large quantities of a particular type of fatty acid, as well as growth factors and hormones, which were important for the development of the brain and nervous system.
But mothers who breastfeed also tend to interact with their children more, which could mean the babies learn more about acceptable ways of behaving. Breastfed children also get ill less often, which may affect their behaviour.

The Royal College of Midwives welcomed the findings and said they added to the evidence that breastfeeding was better for babies. Janet Fyle said, "We must not send a negative message to mothers that they have failed, or make then feel guilty because they bottle-fed their babies."

Researchers from the Universities of Oxford, Essex, York and University College London, found there was a 30% greater risk of behavioural problems among formula-fed children. Only 6% of children who were breastfed showed signs of behaviour problems, compared with 16% of children who were formula-fed.

The study, involving 10,000 mothers and their babies and in journal Archives of Disease in Childhood, says that may be because of the make-up of breast milk. Scientists found that children who are breastfed for four months or more develop fewer behaviour problems.

Peter Kinderman, professor of clinical psychology at Liverpool University, called it "a very good piece of research published in an important journal". He said he suspected the mother-child bonding that takes place during breastfeeding might be the most important factor.


HEADLINES IN NATIONAL PAPERS

Study finds: Breastfed children are better behaved

Four months of breastfeeding can stop your child becoming badly behaved

Reaserch Finds Breastfed babies 'develop fewer behaviour problems'

Breastfed babies are better behaved

Breast-feeding linked to better behaviour

Breast-feeding improves your child's behaviour

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