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Cindy Curtis,RN,IBCLC
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Subject: NNF - Smarter Baby Formula?
> April 18, 2000
> NUTRITION NEWS FOCUS
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> Today's Topic: Smarter Baby Formula?
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> Recent publicity about improvements in mental development of children
> who had been fed special baby formula has caught the attention of the
> news media. Groups of about 20 infants were fed normal formula, or
> formula supplements with DHA, a long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid
> found in breast milk, fish, and a few other sources, or formula
> containing DHA and arachidonic acid (another fatty acid) for their
> first four months of life. Children were assessed at 4, 12, and 18
> months of age for a variety of developmental tests.
>
> A lot was made in the media of the fact that the children fed the
> doubly supplemented formula scored seven points higher than the
> control group. The author of the study pointed out that the tests
> used are not a predictor of school age intelligence but only of
> mental development in early stages. The article appeared in the
> March 2000 issue of Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology.
>
> HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Only one measure of
> development out of three was improved with the fat supplemented
> formula. The news media reported this was the first study to compare
> the fat-supplemented with conventional formula. This is clearly
> incorrect; there are so many studies a review of the field was
> published in 1994. There is probably no downside to adding these
> fatty acids - 60 countries already permit this, but the U.S. does
> not. The main issue is whether they have any benefit since they are
> very expensive to add. The current weight of evidence does not
> support a benefit.
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