Brain Power for Babies- Higher IQ in Later Life for Premature Babies Fed On Nutrient Rich Diet. First Aid Warehouse now stock a comprehensive range of Baby care equipment from the Little Wonders® range

Around one in ten babies in the UK are born prematurely (before 37 weeks of pregnancy). Usually there is little risk to the mother, but the implications for the baby's health and development can be profound.

Researchers at Great Ormond Street Hospital have recently discovered that premature babies fed on a high protein diet grow up to be more intelligent with a higher IQ. They followed a group of 76 children born several weeks prematurely in the 1980s. The babies were randomly given either high nutrient milk enriched with extra protein, fat, calcium, phosphorous, iron, zinc, and several other micronutrients, or a standard formula.

By the time the children had reached 15 years of age, those babies fed on the nutrient rich milk had an average verbal IQ score eight points higher than those fed on normal formula or breast milk.

The boys also had a bigger caudate nucleus in their brain, which is associated with memory and learning.

Dr Elizabeth Isaacs, the research leader, said it showed "that the structure of the human brain can be influenced by early nutrition."

"The fact that early nutrition may programme the development of specific brain structures is of fundamental biological importance," she added.

All premature babies are now fed the equivalent of the high-nutrient diet, but it is still uncertain whether it is one particular nutrient, or a combination of them all that is responsible for the developmental differences.

The premature baby charity Bliss, has welcomed this latest research which is to be published in the March edition of Paediatric Research.

"These findings are potentially very interesting and could have an influence on current thinking about how, when and what to feed premature infants. The care that premature babies receive in their first few hours and days of life is crucial and will shape their future development and quality of life. Anything that improves outcomes for these vulnerable babies is very welcome."

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