Low Omega-3 could explain why some children struggle with reading
Friday, September 13, 2013 - 09:00
in Health & Medicine
A new study has shown that a representative sample of UK schoolchildren aged seven to nine years had low levels of key Omega-3 fatty acids in their blood. Furthermore, the study found that children's blood levels of the long-chain Omega-3 DHA (the form found in most abundance in the brain) 'significantly predicted' how well they were able to concentrate and learn.