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Preemie diets linked to IQ

What a premature male infant eats in the first month of life can have long-term intellectual impact.

References:

Lucas, A., R. Morley, and T.J. Cole. 1998. Randomised trial of early diet in preterm babies and later intelligence quotient. British Medical Journal 317(Nov. 28):1481.

Sources:

Alan Lucas
Medical Research Council
Childhood Nutrition Research Centre
Institute of Child Health
30 Guilford Street
London WC1N 1EH
United Kingdom

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 23, December 5, 1998, p. 358. Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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