breastfed children are less likely to have behavioural problems at the age of 5 years than those who received formula, a new study reports.
The conclusion comes from analysis data on 10,037 mother-child pairs, taking part in a study of white infants to United Kingdom in 2000 to 2001, including 9.525 carried to term and 512 children born prematurely. Babies fed children born at term, 29 per cent were within less than four months, and 21% of premature children.
Parents completed a questionnaire designed to identify the various types of behavioral problems including driving (fly and extended), emotional (cope, anxiety) and hyperactivity.
Approximately 6% of children who have been breastfed and 16 per cent of fed children had abnormal results on the questionnaire, an indication of potential behavioural problems, according to the study of.
Researchers suggest that the content of breast milk could be a reason for the differences. Breast milk contains large amounts of certain fatty acids, important growth factors and hormones in development and function of the brain and central nervous system, an infant, they explained.
Also, they noted, the interaction between mother and child which is the promotion of breastfeeding may influence the behavior of the child.
"Our results show that longer duration of breastfeeding (exclusively or in whole) is associated with having fewer problems behaviour parent prorated among children of the term," Maria Quigley, of the national unit of the University of Oxford-perinatal epidemiology and his colleagues concluded.
The study was published online on May 9 in the Archives of disease in childhood.
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