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Healthful Seafood Consumption for Sensitive Populations

NCT01123759 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 71

Last updated 2010-05-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Infant Brain Health

Interventions

OTHER

Feeding low mercury fish

Subjects fed 6 oz of either tilapia (low omega-3 fish) or salmon (high omega-3 fish) for 3 months. Both fish are low in mercury

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Florida A&M University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Purdue University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Charles Santerre, Ph.D · Purdue University, Department of Foods and Nutrition

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-01-31
Primary Completion
2009-12-31
Completion
2009-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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