Breastfeeding
Overview
- Influence: Breastfeeding
- Domain: Student
- Sub-Domain: Physical influences
- Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have a negative impact
- Influence Definition: The feeding of babies via mothers breastfeeding.
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 1
- Number of studies: 12
- Number of students: 0
- Number of effects: 12
- Weighted mean effect size: -0.04
- Robustness index: 1
Meta-Analyses
| Journal Title | Author | First Author's Country | Article Name | Year Published | Variable | Number of Studies | Number of Students | Number of Effects | Effect Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bam | Der, Batty, & Deary | UK | Effect of breast feeding on intelligence in children: prospective study, sibling pairs analysis, and meta-analysis | 2006 | Breastfeeding on IQ & achievement | 12 | 0 | 12 | -0.04 |
| TOTAL/AVERAGE | 12 | 0 | 12 | -0.04 | |||||