Mothers to be who eat oily fish or take fish oil supplements more than halve the risk of their children developing asthma, a study said.
Lead researcher Professor Hans Bisgaard, said, “The omega 3 fatty acids they contain are definitively and significantly related to preventing breathing problems”, express.co.uk wrote.
The Copenhagen University Hospital study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, examined the effect on pregnant women of fish oil supplements.