The study, led by Professor Philip Calder of the University of Southampton, showed that the benefit of eating salmon while pregnant did not show up until the child was 2 to 3 years old.
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Allergy tests were performed on children at six months and then at two to three years of age. Results were compared to a control group, whose mothers did not eat salmon during pregnancy.
This study shows how the effects of the mother’s diet, while pregnant, has long term effects on the child’s health.
These benefits may not be immediately obvious at birth or soon after and may only appear later in childhood.
“Our new findings from the Salmon in Pregnancy Study indicate that early nutrition interventions, even during pregnancy, can have long lasting effects on health”
Professor Philip Calder of the University of Southampton
These latest results are one example of Professor Calder’s ground-breaking research into specific relationships between nutrition and immune-related conditions over the course of the human life course.
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Source: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2016/04/philip-calder-award.page
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