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== Benefits of breastfeeding == | == Benefits of breastfeeding == | ||
The benefits of breastfeeding have long been known. Spence (1938) reported the benefits to the health and welfare of the infant.<ref name="spence1938">{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Spence | |||
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|init=JC | |||
|author-link=James Calvert Spence | |||
|etal=no | |||
|title=The modern decline of breastfeeding | |||
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|journal=Br Med J | |||
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|date=1938 | |||
|volume=2 | |||
|issue=4057 | |||
|pages=729-33 | |||
|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2210420/pdf/brmedj04218-0002.pdf | |||
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|pubmedID=20781788 | |||
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|DOI=10.1136/bmj.2.4057.729 | |||
|accessdate=2023-03-26 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
The Canadian Paediatric Society reported that breastfeeding is associated with "improved cognitive development."<ref name="cps2013" /> | The Canadian Paediatric Society reported that breastfeeding is associated with "improved cognitive development."<ref name="cps2013" /> | ||