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Avocado Consumption, Nutrients in Human Milk, and Infant Cognitive Development

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · with Avocado Nutrition Center · NCT06208085

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18–40 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
88
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
February 8, 2024
Record last updated
April 21, 2026

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What the study 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:

  • To document whether lactating mothers will comply in the consumption of 5 avocados a week for 12 weeks.
  • To ascertain the choline, lutein, and fatty acids present in human milk in women who eat avocado.
  • 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.

Being studied: Avocado

Conditions: Breastfeeding, Exclusive

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Healthy lactating women at 13 weeks postpartum
  • Planning to exclusively breastfeed to 6 months of age
  • Gave birth at 38 weeks or greater gestation without remarkable incident
  • Pre-pregnancy BMI \<30

Exclusion Criteria

  • Gestational diabetes
  • Infant with diagnosis or documented suspicion of developmental delay
  • Any documented seizure activity in infant
  • Family history of avocado, latex, or banana allergies

Recruiting US locations

  • Nutrition Research Institute

    Kannapolis, NC 28081

    Site contact: Brandi Childers · 704-250-5005 · brandi_childers@unc.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Carol L Cheatham, Ph.D. · 704-250-5010 · carol_cheatham@unc.edu
  • Study Coordinator · 704-250-5018 · feedingbrains@unc.edu
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