Breast-feeding benefits appear to be overstated, according to study of siblings

A new study comparing siblings who were fed differently during infancy suggests that breast-feeding might be no more beneficial than bottle-feeding for 10 of 11 long-term health and well-being outcomes in children age 4 to 14. The outlier was asthma, which was associated more with breast-feeding than with bottle-feeding. Previous research has identified clear patterns of racial and socioeconomic disparities between women who breast-feed and those who don't, complicating an already demanding choi...