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Infant feeding effects on early neurocognitive development in Asian children

Authors :: Anqi Qiu
Fabian Yap
Doris Fok
Michaela Bianka Bruntraeger
Peter D. Gluckman
Jenny L. Richmond
Lit Wee Sim
Birit F.P. Broekman
Suet Chian Sam
Pratibha Agarwal
Keith M. Godfrey
Michael J. Meaney
Eric Qinlong Wong
Leher Singh
Wei Wei Pang
Seang-Mei Saw
Yen Ling Low
Anne Rifkin-Graboi
Yap Seng Chong
Michael S. Kramer
Shirong Cai
Psychiatry
APH - Mental Health
Source :: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 101(2), 326-336. American Society for Nutrition, Cai, S, Pang, W W, Low, Y L, Lit, W S, Sam, S C, Bruntraeger, M B, Wong, E Q, Fok, D, Broekman, B F P, Singh, L, Richmond, J, Agarwal, P, Qiu, A, Saw, S M, Yap, F, Godfrey, K M, Gluckman, P D, Chong, Y S, Meaney, M J, Kramer, M S, Rifkin-Graboi, A & GUSTO Study Group 2015, ' Infant feeding effects on early neurocognitive development in asian children ', American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 101, no. 2, pp. 326-336 . https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.114.095414, https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.114.095414, World review of nutrition and dietetics, 114, 69-70. S. Karger AG
Publication Year :: 2015
Abstract: Background: Breastfeeding has been shown to enhance global measures of intelligence in children. However, few studies have examined associations between breastfeeding and specific cognitive task performance in the first 2 y of life, particularly in an Asian population. Objective: We assessed associations between early infant feeding and detailed measures of cognitive development in the first 2 y of life in healthy Asian children born at term. Design: In a prospective cohort study, neurocognitive testing was performed in 408 healthy children (aged 6, 18, and 24 mo) from uncomplicated pregnancies (i.e., birth weight >2500 and