Feeding babies on demand may increase their IQ, British study
says - From: NewsCore - March 18, 2012 BABIES who are breast-fed
or bottle-fed on demand perform better academically than those
who are fed on a schedule, according to a British study
published today. Using data from more than 10,000 children,
researchers found that demand-fed babies scored four to five
points higher on IQ tests at age eight. Demand-feeding also was
associated with higher scores in school tests at ages five,
seven, 11 and 14, according to the study, published in the
European Journal of Public Health. "The difference in IQ levels
of around four to five points, though statistically highly
significant, would not make a child at the bottom of the class
move to the top, but it would be noticeable," lead researcher
Maria Iacovou said. She added, "To give a sense of the kind of
difference that four or five higher IQ points might make, in a
class of 30 children, for example, a child who is right in the
middle of the class, ranked at 15th,