Relationships between seafood consumption during pregnancy and childhood and neurocognitive development: two systematic reviews.

Publication date: Available online 11 October 2019Source: Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty AcidsAuthor(s): CAPT Joseph R. Hibbeln, Philip Spiller, J. Thomas Brenna, Jean Golding, Bruce J. Holub, William S. Harris, Penny Kris-Etherton, Bill Lands, Sonja L. Connor, Gary Myers, J.J. Strain, Michael A Crawford, Susan E. CarlsonAbstractAbundant data are now available to evaluate relationships between seafood consumption in pregnancy and childhood and neurocognitive development. We conducted two systematic reviews utilizing methodologies detailed by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans Scientific Advisory Committee 2020-2025. After reviewing 44 publications on 102,944 mother-offspring pairs and 25,031 children, our technical expert committee developed two conclusion statements that included the following:“Moderate and consistent evidence indicates that consumption of a wide range of amounts and types of commercially available seafood during pregnancy is associated with improved neurocognitive development of offspring as compared to eating no seafood. Overall, benefits to neurocognitive development began at the lowest amounts of seafood consumed (∼4 oz/wk) and continued through the highest amounts, above 12 oz/wk, some range up to>100 oz/wk.”, “This evidence does not meet the criteria for “strong evidence” only due to a paucity of randomized controlled trials that may not be ethical or feasible to conduct for pregnancy” and “Moderate and consistent ev...
Source: Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids (PLEFA) - Category: Lipidology Source Type: research