Babies' Formula Fortified With DHA Boosts Cognitive Development

by Rajashri on  September 17, 2009 at 8:35 PM Child Health News
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"However, our results clearly suggest that feeding infants formula supplemented with high concentrations of DHA provides beneficial effects on cognitive development. Furthermore, because infants who display superior performance on the means-end problem-solving task tend to have superior IQ and vocabulary later in childhood, it's possible that the beneficial effects of DHA extend well beyond infancy."



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