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Pediatricians should encourage fish consumption for children
Feeding juvenile rats extra omega-3 PUFAs and vitamin A shown to reduce negative health impact of stress
Psychology Today - The Brain Needs Animal Fat
Maternal diet during pregnancy may modulate the risk of ADHD symptoms in children
Health check: can eating certain foods make you smarter?
Nutritional psychiatry: can you eat yourself happier?
Omega-3 trial for prison inmates to see if it curbs violent behaviour and improves mental health
Nutritional habit change urged in pregnant women as omega-3 intakes â€˜very low’
BBC - The diet to save lives, the planet and feed us all? (NOT)
19 December 2018 - MedicalXpress - Study links nutrients in blood to better brain connectivity, cognition in older adults
"Vitamin D and omega-3 reduced irritability symptoms in children with ASD"
Regular omega-3 intake during pregnancy could boost baby brain and vision: Study
The Mother and Child Foundation - Prenatal nutrition: of paramount importance
Fish-rich diets may boost babies' brain development
Critical role of DHA on foetal brain development revealed
Diets high in vegetables and fish may lower risk of multiple sclerosis
Pregnant women encouraged to eat cold-water fish
Millions of us swallow them by the handful, but are fish oil pills just a waste of money?
Omega-3s help keep kids out of trouble, study says
Mediterranean diet may improve academic performance by affecting sleep
Maternal omega-3 rich-diet linked to improved infant problem solving: Study
Omega-3s and cognitive health: From memory and moms and babies, and from mood to the military
12 June 2018 - MedicalXpress - Researchers find IQ scores dropping since the 1970s
â€˜Elegant research’: Omega-3 supplements for children may reduce aggressive behavior in their parents too
Young adults need to eat more omega-3 fats
Autism is not linked to eating fish in pregnancy
7 March 2018 - Nutraingredients - Omega-3 trial fails to reproduce benefits on child reading and memory seen in earlier study
Trial of omega fatty acid supplementation in toddlers born preterm shows promising results
Nutrients in child's first 1,000 days key for neurodevelopment
Your Brain on Plants: Micronutrients and Mental Health
Childhood Omega-3 intake linked to better sleep and higher IQ scores
Eating more foods with choline during pregnancy could boost baby's brain
Food Fights: Are Vegan Diets Healthier for the Brain?
Improved nutrition for extremely low birth weight preemies
Weekly fish consumption in children linked to better sleep, higher IQ, study finds
Eggs improve biomarkers related to infant brain development
Omega-3 may keep your gut bacteria in balance: Mouse data
Benefits of moderate fish consumption in pregnancy may outweigh mercury effects, suggests study
Complex guidelines on eating fish when pregnant mean that mothers – and babies – are missing out
Pregnant women are not getting enough omega-3
19 September 2017 - Nutraingredients - Even with high omega-3s awareness almost no one hits optimum intake, study suggests
The Conversation - Eating oily fish during pregnancy could prevent schizophrenia in the child, new study suggests
Prenatal lack of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids linked to schizophrenic symptoms in mice
17 August 2017 Science Daily - Estrogen-mediated brain protection directly linked to intake of fatty acids found in oils
19 June 2017 - Nutraingredients - Supplementation and dietary changes have 'limited effect' on chronic fatigue syndrome
OPINION: Why optimal omega-3 and omega-6 ratios in the diet could balance the scales
BBC - How food can improve your mental health
Study reveals the surprising role of omega-3 fatty acids in keeping the blood-brain barrier closed
8 March 2017 - Nutraingredients - Low omega-3 intakes a â€˜concern’ for pregnant women: US data
28 Feb 2017 - Eurekalert - Did seaweed make us who we are today?

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