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Maternal DHA levels plays important role in infant development.
2004 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Children of mothers with higher levels of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) at the time of their child's birth appear to have more mature attentional development, report University of Kansas researchers.
DHA is a nutritional compound (an essential fatty acid, or lipid) that has many effects in the body, including the development of the eyes and brain. Before birth, fetuses obtain DHA from their mothers, with DHA primarily accumulating in the brain during the third trimester.
DHA is also found naturally in breast milk and has recently been added to some U.S. commercial infant formulas. Some research indicates this postnatal DHA improves vision and some cognitive functions in infants and toddlers, although the evidence is mixed, explained J. Colombo and colleagues in Child Development [2004;74(4)].
The researchers measured DHA levels in mothers' blood when their infants were born and then followed those infants for the first ...
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- Maternal DHA Supplements of Little Benefit to Nursing Infants.
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