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Video abstract of expert opinion paper "Nutrition in pregnancy: the argument for including a source of choline" published in the open access International Journal of Women's Health by Steven H Zeisel. Abstract: Women, during pregnancy and lactation, should eat foods that contain adequate amounts of choline. A mother delivers large amounts of choline across the placenta to the fetus, and after birth she delivers large amounts of choline in milk to the infant; this greatly increases the demand on the choline stores of the mother. Read this expert opinion paperp and sign up to receive International Journal of Women's Health here: http://www.dovepress.com/nutrition-in-pregnancy-the-argument-for-including-a-source-of-choline-peer-reviewed-article