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Avocado Consumption, Nutrients in Human Milk, and Infant Cognitive Development
Led by University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Updated on 2026-04-21
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Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
255 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Lead Sponsor
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Avocado Nutrition Center
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this interventional study is to establish a whole food, avocado, as a viable study material to supplement mothers and infants with nutrients that support optimal brain development. Eighty-eight breastfeeding dyads, 3m postnatal, will participate in this study designed to: 1. To document whether lactating mothers will comply in the consumption of 5 avocados a week for 12 weeks. 2. To ascertain the choline, lutein, and fatty acids present in human milk in women who eat avocado. 3. To measure the cognitive advantage conferred to infants whose mothers consume avocados while breastfeeding compared to a non-avocado-eating reference group. To this end, healthy, lactating women who are 13 weeks postpartum and their infants will be enrolled. Mothers will be provided avocados on a bi-weekly basis and will be asked to consume an avocado a day. Infant cognition will be tested when the infants are 4.5 and 6 months of age. Milk samples and diet data will be collected and assayed on a bi-weekly basis.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Avocado Consumption, Nutrients in Human Milk, and Infant Cognitive Development
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Healthy lactating women at 13 weeks postpartum
- Planning to exclusively breastfeed until 6 months of age
- Gave birth at 38 weeks or greater gestation without major complications
- Pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) less than 30
You will not qualify if you...
- Gestational diabetes
- Infant with diagnosis or suspicion of developmental delay
- Any documented seizure activity in the infant
- Family history of avocado, latex, or banana allergies
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
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Nutrition Research Institute
Kannapolis, North Carolina, United States, 28081
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Research Team
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Carol L Cheatham, Ph.D.
CONTACT
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Study Coordinator
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
OTHER
Number of Arms
2
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