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Understanding Fish Consumption Habits During Pregnancy

NCT01178398 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 22

Last updated 2025-09-15

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Summary

Many pregnant women in the US do not consume enough docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an essential nutrient found in fish. Apparently conflicting findings that fish consumption is beneficial for the developing fetus, yet potentially toxic because of mercury contamination, have created uncertainty about the appropriate fish consumption advice to provide pregnant women. The investigators objective was to determine knowledge, behaviors, and received advice regarding fish consumption among pregnant women who are infrequent consumers of fish.

Conditions

  • Nutrition

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

    collaborator NIH

  • Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

    collaborator OTHER

  • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Emily Oken, MD, MPH · Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-10-31
Primary Completion
2010-03-31
Completion
2010-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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