Breastfeeding not linked to higher IQ

October 4, 2006: New research, and by far, the most comprehensive done on links between breastfeeding and intelligence claims higher IQ among babies is due to factors other than breastfeeding.The study conducted by the Medical Research Council and University of Edinburgh has found that higher levels of IQ among babies are, besides inherent, a result of favorable social environment created for them by mothers with higher IQ who are educated and intelligent. According to Geoff Der, statistician and lead researcher at the University of Edinburgh, the link between higher IQ and breastfeeding started way back in 1929. For more than 75 years since then, researchers in the UK, USA, and Australia have submitted various findings that supported, but not proved, the role of breastfeeding in increasing the IQ among babies.