Fish, fruits and vegetables are good for children’s brain development…even when mothers eat them during pregnancy. This, in short, is the conclusion of a study conducted among thousands of children born in 2011, which followed the long-term national research project Elfe. These results, presented Thursday, show that healthier diets during pregnancy are associated with better overall developmental outcomes in preschool.
“Nutritional recommendations for pregnant women are designed to support maternal and fetal healthexplains Inserm researcher and lead author of the study Blandine de Lauzon-Guillen. But we weren’t sure what their specific effect was on the child’s neurological development, because that aspect of things hadn’t been studied yet.”
We know that severe malnutrition during pregnancy can harm a child’s cognitive development, particularly because of deficiencies…
Source: Le Figaro
