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DHA Supplementation of Breastfeeding Mothers Results in Enhanced Motor Skills of Children

COLUMBIA, Md., April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Martek Biosciences Corporation (Nasdaq:  MATK ) today announced the presentation of clinical findings demonstrating the importance of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in optimal psychomotor development of infants.  DHA is an essential fatty acid naturally present in breast milk, and a key building block of the developing infant's brain and visual system.  The study, presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies' 2001 Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, showed that breast-fed infants whose mothers took dietary supplements of a vegetarian source of DHA scored significantly higher on psychomotor development tests than infants whose mothers breast-fed but did not supplement with DHA....

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