‘Unprecedented’ high rates of breastfeeding during lockdown linked to fewer allergies in infants
New mums had more time with their newborns in lockdown. Photo: Getty
Academics who studied hundreds of children born during the Covid pandemic have discovered that breastfeeding rates soared as a result of lockdowns.
They tracked 365 infants born in two Dublin maternity hospitals from the first weeks of lockdown in 2020 until their second birthday.
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