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Article: Oily fish best: fish consumption in pregnancy may foretell child's asthma risk.(Obstetrics)
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- OB GYN News
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- July 1, 2004
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ORLANDO, FLA. -- The type of fish a woman consumes during pregnancy may affect the risk of her child developing asthma, Dr. Frank D. Gilliland said at the 100th International Conference of the American Thoracic Society.
"We found maternal oily-fish intake was strongly protective in mothers who had a family history of asthma," Dr. Gilliland, a professor and researcher in the department of preventive medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, said during a press conference at the meeting. The children "had a 70% reduction in their risk of asthma, and this was not observed in children with no family history."
Oily fish, which are rich ...