UK researchers found that preterm infants who were fed enriched formulamilk in their first weeks went on to outperform other premature babiesin IQ tests. The study, carried out at Great Ormond Street Hospital forChildren and the UCL Institute of Child Health, and published in nextmonth's Paediatric Research, brings some of the first proof that earlyfeeding may alter brain structure.
Dr Elizabeth Isaacs, senior research fellow at the ICH, explained,'Using cognitive data and MRI scans from a group of formerly preterminfants, now adolescents, we've been able to show that their early diethas affected not only their IQ scores but also the size of a structurein the brain that has been associated with IQ before.'
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