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. 2007 May;53(5):817-8.

Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation during pregnancy: for mother, baby, or neither?

Gal Dubnov-Raz, Yaron Finkelstein, Gideon Koren

Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation during pregnancy: for mother, baby, or neither?

Gal Dubnov-Raz et al. Can Fam Physician. 2007 May.

Abstract
in English, French

Question: 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?

Answer: Existing evidence from interventional studies is sparse and conflicting and should not lead to supplementation with polyunsaturated fatty acids.

QUESTION Quelques patientes enceintes m’ont demandé récemment si les rapports médiatiques à l’effet que le quotient intellectuel des enfants augmentait avec un apport accru en acides gras essentiels étaient assez significatifs pour justifier de prendre un supplément. Quels conseils faut-il leur donner?

RÉPONSE Les données scientifiques actuelles tirées d’études interventionnelles sont plutôt rares et contradictoires et ne sont pas suffisantes pour recommander unsupplément d’acides gras essentiels.

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