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Is breastfeeding the key to exam success?

Is breastfeeding the key to exam success?

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats


Is breastfeeding the key to exam success?

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats

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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Jun 17, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

A new study by researchers at Oxford University has linked better exam results at school with being breastfed as a baby. But how much faith can we put in the findings? Tim Harford speaks to Emily Oster, professor of economics at Brown University in the US and the author of three books about pregnancy and parenting.
Released:
Jun 17, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4