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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Several years ago we published a study
(Tomblin, Smith, & Zhang, 1997) on prenatal and infancy risk factors for
SLI at 6 years of age that included retrospective information on breastfeeding.
When mother’s education was controlled breastfeeding was a significant protective
factor for language outcome (odds ratio=0.5). We also found that there
was a dose effect in that longer periods of breastfeeding had a stronger effect
than shorter periods. More recently, Drane and Logemann (2000) published
a systematic review of literature on breastfeeding and cognitive
outcomes. Their findings were that the literature, although limited,
supported an association between breastfeeding and better cognitive outcomes.
These authors note that most research (including my study), has not
differentiated between pure breastfeeding and combinations of breast and
formula feeding which makes interpretation more difficult. I believe Denise
Drane has recently completed a dissertation on language development and
breastfeeding at Northwestern where this was controlled.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tomblin, J. B., Smith, E. & Zhang, X.
(1997) Epidemiology of SLI: Prenatal and perinatal risk factors. Journal of
Communication Disorders, 30, 325-344.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Drane, D.
& Logemann, J. (2000) A critical evaluation of the evidence on the
association of infant feeding and cognitive development. Paediatric and
Perinatal Epidemiology, 14, 349-356.</span></font><font size=2 face=AdvP1854><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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info-childes@mail.talkbank.org [mailto:info-childes@mail.talkbank.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>leah gedalyovich<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, March 22, 2006
4:05 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> info-childes@mail.talkbank.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> language development and
breastfeeding</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>dear all, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>this question came up from a discussion with a friend who is a
lactation consultant. there seems to be a given that breastfeeding is better
than any other alternative for virtually every aspect of development. is there
any published research on the relationship between breastfeeding and
language development? if any relationship is found is it attributed to nutritional
issues or to other issues (emotional, sensori-motor, etc) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>i will post a summary if there are replies.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>thanx! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>leah gedalyovich<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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