Association between breastfeeding and intelligence, educational attainment, and income at 30 years of age: a prospective birth cohort study from Brazil

• Main Authors: Prof. Cesar G Victora, PhD (Author), Dr. Bernardo Lessa Horta, PhD (Author), Christian Loret de Mola, PhD (Author), Luciana Quevedo, PhD (Author), Ricardo Tavares Pinheiro, PhD (Author), Denise P Gigante, PhD (Author), Helen Gonçalves, PhD (Author), Fernando C Barros, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Breastfeeding has clear short-term benefits, but its long-term consequences on human capital are yet to be established. We aimed to assess whether breastfeeding duration was associated with intelligence quotient (IQ), years of schooling, and income at the age of 30 years, in a setting wh...