SCIENCEALERT.COM | BEC CREW | AUG 1 2016
A new study of pre-term babies has found that the more breast milk they have in the first 28 days of their life, the more likely they are to develop larger volumes in crucial brain regions.
Compared to pre-term babies whose initial diet included more pre-term formula, babies who consumed more breast milk also had better IQs, academic achievement, working memory, and motor function at seven years old.
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