UNFORTUNATELY for mothers seeking to up their unborn child's intelligence quotient (IQ), one option has just been eliminated by researchers at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide.
In spite of some of the marketing hype increasing sales of prenatal supplements with docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), as found in fish oil, there is a clear lack of evidence, scientists say.
Intelligence quotient (IQ) at seven years, the earliest age at which adult performance can be indicated, was measured against control groups to reveal zero measurable benefit from the supplementation.
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