Relationship between breast feeding and motor development in children: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The recommendations of most health organisations encourage mothers to keep exclusive breast feeding during the first 6 months and combining breast feeding with complementary feeding at least during the first and second years, due to the numerous immunologic, cognitive developmental and motor skill benefits that breast feeding confers. Although the influence of breast feeding on motor development during childhood has been studied, the findings are inconsistent, and some studies have even reported no effect. This manuscript presents a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis, with the aim of reviewing the relationship between breast feeding and motor skill development in children in terms of duration, exclusivity or non-exclusivity of breast feeding.

Methods

SUBMITTER: Hernandez Luengo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6756461 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature