cognitive development

Studying preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that preemies whose daily diets were at least 50 percent breast milk had more brain tissue and cortical-surface area by their due dates than premature babies who consumed significantly less breast milk. (Photo: John Twombly)

Brain Food

Breast Milk Linked to Early Brain Growth Feeding premature babies mostly breast milk during the first month of life appears to spur more robust brain growth, compared with babies given little or no breast milk. Studying preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
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