Prenatal

Educational Pieces

Choline and Fetal Development - A summary of current research and recommendations for choline intake during pregnancy.

Eggs: Good for You and Your Baby!(English)(Spanish)

Choline Brochure: Could This Baby Be Missing Something?

All About Choline: The Little-Known Nutrient Found in Eggs

Pregnancy Food Guide

Closing the Choline Gap

Related Links

http://www.pregnancyfoodguide.org/

http://www.cholineinfo.org/index.asp

Research

Nutritional Importance of Choline for Brain Development. Zeisel, SH. Journal of the American College of Nutrition 2004;23(6):621S-626S.

Choline: Needed for Normal Development of Memory. Zeisel, SH. Journal of the American College of Nutrition 2000;19(5):528S-531S.

The Developmental Origins of Adult Disease. Barker, DJP. Journal of the American College of Nutrition 2004;23(6):588S-595S.

Folate intake and the MTHFR C677T genotype influence choline status in young Mexican American women. Abratte C, Wang W, Li R, Moriarty D, Caudill M. The FASEB Journal 2007 21:544.14.

Dietary choline and betaine assessed by food-frequency questionnaire in relation to plasma total homocysteine concentration in the Framingham Offspring Study. Cho E, Zeisel SH, Jacques P, et al. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2006;83(4):905-11.

Periconceptional dietary intake of choline and betaine and neural tube defects in offspring. Shaw GM, Carmichael SL, Yang W, et al. American Journal of Epidemiology 2004;160(2):102-9.