A new study has revealed that children who regularly eat fish can be more social and compassionate than their peers.
Experts say eating fish is likely to have a positive impact on children’s mental development.
Researchers at the University of Bristol say that seafood is rich in omega -3 fatty acids, selenium and iodine, which play an important role in mental development and mental performance.
The purpose of this research was to know if the habit of eating fish at the age of seven had any effect on their mental and general behavior.
During this study, long -term data of about 6,000 children were analyzed in England.
The average amount of fish eaten each week was 123 grams.
7.2 % of children participated in the study not eaten any fish every week, 63.9 % of children ate between one and 190 grams, while 28.9 % of children ate more than 190 grams of fish each week, which is more than two parts of the diet.
Research also found that about 46 % of the eaten fish consisted of ‘White Cothed Fish Products’, such as Fish Fingers or other similar products.
According to research, children who did not eat fish at all were more likely to have ‘non -social behavior’. These social attitudes include friendship, affection and sharing things with others.
Research found that children who did not eat fish at the age of seven, were found to be 35 % more ‘non -social’, compared to children who ate at least 190 grams of fish per week. The difference increased to 43 % at the age of nine.
Researchers also tried to find out if there was a clear difference between eating fish and children’s intelligence, but in children under the age of eight, there was no difference in intelligence despite eating or not eating fish.
According to the British National Health Service (NHS), a healthy and balanced dose should include fish at least twice a week, one of which should be fatty fat (high -fat fish) like Salman, Mackel or Sardin.
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The NHS advises parents to feed children at least once a week, but since they may contain a small amount of pollution, which may accumulate in the body, so the boys should not give more than four times a week and girls should not be fish more than two times.
Dr. Caroline Taylor, Associate Professor of Bristol University, says: ‘When there are different and contradictory suggestions, it is difficult to understand what the best decision can be.’
He added: ‘Fish eating fish during pregnancy in the UK can have a positive impact on children’s growth during pregnancy. These results are also seen in countries where the use of fish is higher than in the UK, so eating fish can have a positive impact on children’s development. ‘
According to him: ‘Our research clearly proves that eating fish is possible to develop the best behavior in children and we strongly advise parents to feed their children at least twice every week as per NHS instructions.
“We hope this research will provide parents with important information so that they can give their children the best start of life.”
Researchers used data obtained from a study called ‘Children of the Nineties’ for this study, a long -term analysis of their families with a growing age of children.
This research has recently received funding of £ 52m to continue research on families in southwestern England. The study began in the early 1990s and has so far supported thousands of research papers.
