Essential n−3 fatty acids in pregnant women and early visual acuity maturation in term infants

Background: Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is important to neural development. Whether DHA intakes are low enough in some pregnant women to impair infant development is uncertain. Objective: We sought to determine whether DHA deficiency occurs in pregnant women and contributes to poor infant development. Design: Biochemical cutoffs, dietary intakes, or developmental scores indicative of DHA deficiency are not defined. Infant development has a...