Healthful Seafood Consumption for Sensitive Populations

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Conditions studied: Infant Brain Health

In brief

Fish can provide pregnant women with omega-3 fatty acids for fetal brain development but some fish contains high levels of mercury which is detrimental to fetal brain development. The hypothesis is that women who have previously consumed high mercury fish can reduce the mercury level in their bodies and improve their omega-3 levels in three months by eating fish that is high in omega-3 fatty acids and low in mercury.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01123759

Run by

Purdue University

People needed

71

Starts

2008-01-01

Expected to finish

2009-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-05-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 40. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Hair mercury levels equal to or greater than 0.8 ppm

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnant or planning to become pregnant in the next 3 months
• Nursing

Where it is running

• Florida A&M University — Tallahassee, Florida, United States
• Purdue University, Department of Foods and Nutrition — West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

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