Vital Signs: Childhood: A Breast-Feeding Benefit, This One for Boys

Friday, January 7, 2011 - 17:00 in Health & Medicine

Australian researchers found that breast-feeding for six months or more was associated with better performance at age 10 in math, reading, writing and spelling — but only for boys.

Read the whole article on NY Times Science

More from NY Times Science

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net