American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology

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Prenatal choline trial links supplement to higher child IQ and fewer social withdrawal problems

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Four-year-olds whose mothers took a daily choline supplement during pregnancy scored about eight points higher on IQ tests and showed far fewer social withdrawal problems than children of mothers given a placebo. The result comes from the largest randomized trial of prenatal choline supplementation ever run, reported this month in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

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