Pregnant women need adequate intakes of the essential fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid to support:

a. cardiac and respiratory development.
b. visual and cognitive development.
c. blood volume and fluid balance.
d. adipose stores and bone development.


Ans: b. visual and cognitive development.

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