Breastfeeding led to better lung function in children at school age, especially in children of mothers with asthma.

It was seen that the FEF50 score, that measures the speed of air during the middle section of forced exhalation, was higher in all children who were breastfed compared to children who were not breastfed. Children who were breastfed for more than 6-months had the highest improvement. The score among children of asthmatic mothers was higher than both the breastfed children and the children who were not breastfed.
Significant improvement was shown in the FVC (measures air volume after forced exhalation after full inhalation) and FEV1 (measures how much air is exhaled in one second) scores for breastfed children of asthmatic mothers.
This study is published in the 'American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine'.
Source-Medindia