Fatty acid supplementation of infant formula can improve babies' vision, according to a review article published online December 17 in Pediatrics. Analyzing data from 19 studies involving 1949 infants, Ahmad Qawasmi, MD, from the Department of Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Michigan in Detroit, and colleagues found that long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (LCPUFA) supplementation started within 1 month of birth significantly improved infants' visual acuity at 2, 4, and 12 months of age, as assessed using visual evoked potential (VEP), and at 2 months when measured using behavioral methods (BM).
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