Breastfed Impact on Intelligence Quotient in Children Attended To Pediatric Clinic in Al-Hussien Hospital at Cairo, Egypt | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Fertility and Sterility | ||
| Article 6, Volume 27, Issue 5 - Serial Number 11106352, September 2023, Pages 32-37 PDF (793.41 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/egyfs.2023.320844 | ||
| Author | ||
| Mohammed Mahmoud Abd Alrahman Hamouda* | ||
| Lecturer of psychiatry, Psychiatry department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University International Member of American psychiatric association Member of Egyptian psychiatric association | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Both genetic background and environmental factors have an impact on children's intellectual development. One of the initial postpartum experiences is breastfeeding. Aim and objectives: The main goal of this research was to compare the level of intelligence between breastfed children and non-breastfed and find if there is an impact of breastfed on IQ. Subjects & methods: This cross-sectional research was conducted in pediatric clinics at Al-Azhar University Hospitals. Research was showed on 50 children. Results: regarding Full-Scale Intelligence Quotient of Wechsler Intelligence Scale of studied children. Full-Scale Intelligence in breastfed group ranged from 75 to 99 with mean ± SD = 88.39 ± 6.42 while in non-breastfed group the Full-Scale Intelligence ranged from 64 to 92 with mean ± SD = 82.63 ± 7.15. Conclusion: The present study compare intelligence level between breastfed and non-breastfed children. We concluded that there was significant relation between high Wechsler Intelligence Scale score and breastfed. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Key words: Breastfed; IQ | ||
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