LONDON (Reuters) - Babies who are breastfed are less likely to
grow into children with behavior problems by the time they reach
the age of five than those who receive formula milk, scientists
said on Tuesday. In a study in the Archives of Disease in
Childhood journal, British researchers used a "strengths and
difficulties" questionnaire completed by parents about their
children and found that abnormal scores were less common in
children who were breastfed for at least four months. Maria
Quigley of the national perinatal epidemiology unit at Oxford
University, who led the work, said the findings "provide even
more evidence for the benefits of breastfeeding." "Mothers who
want to breastfeed should be given all the support they need.
Many women struggle to breastfeed for as long as they might
otherwise like, and many don't receive the support that might
make a difference," she said in a statement. Some benefits of
breastfeeding are already well known - for example breastfed
babies have lower rates of infections,