An abundance of seafood consumption studies presents new opportunities to evaluate effects on neurocognitive development

Publication date: Available online 11 October 2019Source: Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty AcidsAuthor(s): Philip Spiller, CAPT Joseph R. Hibbeln, Gary Myers, Gretchen Vannice, Jean Golding, Michael A Crawford, J.J. Strain, Sonja L. Connor, J. Thomas Brenna, Penny Kris-Etherton, Bruce J. Holub, William S. Harris, Bill Lands, Robert K. McNamara, Michael F. Tlusty, Norman Salem, Susan E. CarlsonAbstractThe relationship between seafood eaten during pregnancy and neurocognition in offspring has been the subject of considerable scientific study for over 25 years. Evaluation of this question led two scientific advisory committees to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAC), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations with the World Health Organization (FAO/WHO), Health Canada, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conclude through 2014 that seafood consumed by pregnant women is likely to benefit the neurocognitive development of their children. The evidence they reviewed included between four and ten studies of seafood consumption during pregnancy that reported beneficial associations. In contrast there are now 29 seafood consumption studies available describing over 100,000 mothers-child pairs and 15 studies describing over 25,000 children who ate seafood. A systematic review of these studies using Nutrition Evaluation Systematic Review methodology is warranted to determine whether recent re...
Source: Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids (PLEFA) - Category: Lipidology Source Type: research