| Parents are the first people to be concerned on the | | | | seven to twelve years consuming fish oil children |
| physical and mental growth of their children. | | | | dosage (omega-3 and omega-6, 3000mg each day), |
| As guardians and nurturers, parents are responsible in | | | | multivitamins, and placebo. |
| their child's holistic development. They would do | | | | Thirty weeks passed, the children were evaluated |
| everything they can in order to give the best for their | | | | according to mental and behavioral improvement. |
| children, making sure that their toddlers receive the | | | | The researchers found out that children with ADD, |
| right food and nutrition from year one and onwards. | | | | ADHD, reading-writing problems, and other |
| The unconditional love of parents to their children is the | | | | developmental problems have been showing signs of |
| main reason why research into the mental benefits of | | | | improvement. |
| fish oil for children has been given unprecedented | | | | What is the bottom line for all these researches? |
| importance. | | | | These scientific findings show that fish oil children |
| In a 1992 article by William Lands, the paper revealed | | | | dosage is a good food supplement that promotes |
| that fatty acids contained in fish oil health supplement | | | | healthy mental and behavioral development. |
| were crucial to the growth of young offspring, humans | | | | Children with ADD and ADHD now have an added |
| and animals alike. | | | | weapon in fighting their condition, something that would |
| Oxford University Laboratory of Physiology also | | | | lift them and their parents from wallowing in self-pity |
| researched and found conclusive evidence that | | | | and despair. |
| children who consume large amounts of fatty acids | | | | Fish oil children dosage will depend on many factors, |
| show improvement in reading and general mental | | | | foremost of which are body size, weight, and age of |
| ability. | | | | the child. |
| Evaluations and published articles of American Journal | | | | There is no established guideline on the recommended |
| on Clinical Nutrition also provided that indeed, fish oil has | | | | fish oil intake. It is better for parents to consult a |
| shown to minimize the symptoms of mental and | | | | pediatrician and listen to professional advice. |
| behavioral disorder of children, particularly those | | | | Experts however have approved of 700mg per day |
| affected by ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity | | | | for toddlers (one to three years old), 900mg per day |
| syndrome) and ADD (attention deficit disorder). | | | | for schoolchildren (four to eight years old), and 1200mg |
| Another study published in April 2007 in Journal of the | | | | per day for school graders (nine to thirteen years of |
| Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics have run an | | | | age). |
| experiment on more than a hundred children aged | | | | |