Influence of breastfeeding type and gender on child development: differences in global and fine motor skills
Male children obtained better results in all motor skills, except for fine motricity, comparing with female children. Regarding breastfeeding, the children who were not breastfed with breast milk, show better results, mainly in Fine manipulation skills, which may be due to the previous need to handle the bottle on early age.
Authors
- Miguel Rebelo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4615-8220)
- Rui Paulo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2949-4564)
- João Petrica (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0752-2093)
- Pedro Duarte‐Mendes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5055-2696)
- João Serrano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5112-4984)
- Vivan Corte
Institutions
- Universidade Politécnica de Castelo Branco (PT)
- Infraestruturas de Portugal (Portugal) (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Minerva Pediatrics
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.23736/s2724-5276.21.06285-6
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00