Breastfeeding initiation and duration: links to physical, mental and behavioural health in US children aged 3-5 years

CONCLUSIONS: Any breastfeeding was linked to better behavioural health and marginally to mental health, with no association found for physical health among children aged 3-5 years in the USA. Any breastfeeding duration of approximately 15 months appears to have the strongest association with promoting children’s mental and behavioural health.

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