fwd: breast feeding vs milk formula vs soy formula - in Pediatrics

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This just published in Pediatrics. Note the

headline.

Looking at the actual data, the breast fed children scored better on

virtually every test of neurological function. (Mental development

index; psychomotor development index; subsets). In many cases the

differences are statistically significant: scores; breast

fed> soy fed; milk formula (not soy) sometimes better than soy,

sometimes worse.... breast fed always higher scores...

It might seem odd that it's being reported this way until you see that

Badger is a member of the science advisory board of the Soy Nutrition

Institute....

Ted....

Soy formula just as good as breast milk for infant

development, says new research in the journal

PediatricsPosted on

June 1, 2012 by

Stone

Hearth News

Pediatrics.

2012 May 28. [Epub ahead of print]

Developmental Status of 1-Year-Old Infants Fed Breast Milk,

Cow’s Milk Formula, or Soy

Formula.

Andres A,

Cleves MA,

Bellando JB,

Pivik RT,

Casey PH,

Badger TM.

SourceaArkansas Children’s Nutrition

Center, Little Rock, Arkansas; and.

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Although

soy formula has been reported to support normal development, concerns

exist regarding potential adverse developmental effects of phytochemicals

associated with soy protein. This study characterized developmental

status (mental, motor, and language) of breastfed (BF), milk-based

formula-fed (MF), or soy protein-based formula-fed (SF) infants during

the first year of life.

METHODS:Healthy infants (N = 391)

were assessed longitudinally at ages 3, 6, 9, and 12 months. Development

was evaluated by using the Bayley Scales of Infant Development and the

Preschool Language Scale-3. Mixed effects models were used while

adjusting for socioeconomic status, mother’s age and IQ, gestational age,

gender, birth weight, head circumference, race, age, and diet

history.

RESULTS:No differences were found

between formula-fed infants (MF versus SF). BF infants scored slightly

higher than formula-fed infants on the Mental Developmental Index (MDI)

score at ages 6 and 12 months (P < .05). Infants who were breastfed

also had higher Psychomotor Development Index scores than SF infants at

age 6 months and slightly higher Preschool Language Scale-3 scores than

MF infants at ages 3 and 6 months (P < .05). In addition, BF infants

had a lower probability to score within the lower MDI quartile compared

with MF infants and a higher likelihood to score within the upper

quartile for the MDI and Psychomotor Development Index compared with SF

infants.

CONCLUSIONS:This unique study showed

that all scores on developmental testing were within established normal

ranges and that MF and SF groups did not differ significantly.

Furthermore, this study demonstrated a slight advantage of BF infants on

cognitive development compared with formula-fed infants.

Article

Developmental Status of 1-Year-Old Infants Fed Breast Milk,

Cow’s Milk Formula, or Soy Formula

Aline Andres,

PhD

a

,

b,

A. Cleves,

PhD

a

,

b,

Jayne B. Bellando,

PhD

b,

R. T. Pivik,

PhD

a

,

b,

H. Casey,

MD

b, and

M. Badger,

PhD

a

,

b

,

c

+ Author Affiliations

aArkansas

Children’s Nutrition Center, Little Rock, Arkansas; and bDepartments of

Pediatrics, and cPhysiology and

Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock,

Arkansas

AbstractBACKGROUND AND

OBJECTIVE: Although soy formula has been reported to support normal

development, concerns exist regarding potential adverse developmental

effects of phytochemicals associated with soy protein. This study

characterized developmental status (mental, motor, and language) of

breastfed (BF), milk-based formula–fed (MF), or soy protein–based

formula–fed (SF) infants during the first year of life.

METHODS: Healthy infants (N = 391) were assessed

longitudinally at ages 3, 6, 9, and 12 months. Development was evaluated

by using the Bayley Scales of Infant Development and the Preschool

Language Scale-3. Mixed effects models were used while adjusting for

socioeconomic status, mother’s age and IQ, gestational age, gender, birth

weight, head circumference, race, age, and diet history.

RESULTS: No differences were found between formula-fed infants (MF

versus SF). BF infants scored slightly higher than formula-fed infants on

the Mental Developmental Index (MDI) score at ages 6 and 12 months

(P < .05). Infants who were breastfed also had higher

Psychomotor Development Index scores than SF infants at age 6 months and

slightly higher Preschool Language Scale-3 scores than MF infants at ages

3 and 6 months (P < .05). In addition, BF infants had a lower

probability to score within the lower MDI quartile compared with MF

infants and a higher likelihood to score within the upper quartile for

the MDI and Psychomotor Development Index compared with SF infants.

CONCLUSIONS: This unique study showed that all scores on

developmental testing were within established normal ranges and that MF

and SF groups did not differ significantly. Furthermore, this study

demonstrated a slight advantage of BF infants on cognitive development

compared with formula-fed infants.

Sheri Nakken, former R.N., MA, Hahnemannian

Homeopath

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