Nutrition
Volume 14, Issue 10 , Pages 752-754, October 1998

Nutrition and cognitive development

  • Ruth Morley (FRCPCH)

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics Unit, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Ruth Morley, FRCPCH, Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics Unit, Royal Children’s Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia

Abstract 

There has been recent intense interest in the possibility that infants receiving a dietary supply of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), either in breast milk or in a supplemented formula, may perform better on developmental tests than other infants. The only way to resolve this issue is in randomized trials in formula-fed babies, comparing those fed DHA-supplemented versus unsupplemented milks. To date most trials have been small; some also had methodological problems and results have been conflicting. The possible reasons for conflicting results in studies of both term and preterm born infants are discussed.

Keywords:  breast-feeding, docosahexaenoic acid, fatty acids, ω-3, development, infant

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PII: S0899-9007(98)00076-8

Nutrition
Volume 14, Issue 10 , Pages 752-754, October 1998

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