Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation during pregnancy: for mother, baby, or neither?
OBJECTIVE
Several pregnant patients have asked recently whether media reports of children's intelligence quotients' increasing with increased intake of essential fatty acids are meaningful enough to be worth the effort of supplementation. What advice should they be given?


CONCLUSIONS
Existing evidence from interventional studies is sparse and conflicting and should not lead to supplementation with polyunsaturated fatty acids.
Dubnov-Raz
Gal
G
Finkelstein
Yaron
Y
Koren
Gideon
G
D019587:Dietary Supplements / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3 / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3