Cognitive and mood effects of 8 weeks' supplementation with 400 mg or 1000 mg of the omega-3 essential fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in healthy children aged 10-12 years

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OMEGA-3, DOCOSAHEXAENOICACID , CHILDREN , COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE , MOOD , DIETARY SUPPLEMENT

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Cognitive and mood effects of 8 weeks' supplementation with 400 mg or 1000 mg of the omega-3 essential fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in healthy children aged 10-12 years. / Kennedy, David O; Jackson, Philippa A; Elliott, Jade M et al.
In: Nutritional Neuroscience, Vol. 12, No. 2, 2009, p. 48-56.

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title = "Cognitive and mood effects of 8 weeks' supplementation with 400 mg or 1000 mg of the omega-3 essential fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in healthy children aged 10-12 years",

abstract = "Introduction: Despite media and public expectation of efficacy, no study to date has investigated the cognitive and mood effects of omega 3 supplementation in healthy children.Subjects and methods: This randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel groups pilot study assessed the cognitive and mood effects of either 400 mg or 1000 mg of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in 90 healthy children aged 10?12 years. Cognitive performance and mood was assessed prior to, and 8 weeks following, commencement of treatment.Results: There was a significant treatment effect on one cognitive measure (speed of word recognition), with the lower dose speeding, and the higher dose slowing, performance. Overall, the pattern of results strongly suggests that this effect was due to chance fluctuations in performance and that the treatments had no consistent or interpretable effect on performance.Conclusions: The results here do not suggest that supplementation with these doses of DHA for 8 weeks has any beneficial effect on brain function in cognitively intact children.",

keywords = "OMEGA-3, DOCOSAHEXAENOICACID , CHILDREN , COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE , MOOD , DIETARY SUPPLEMENT",

author = "Kennedy, {David O} and Jackson, {Philippa A} and Elliott, {Jade M} and Scholey, {Andrew B} and Robertson, {Bernadette C} and Joanna Greer and Brian Tiplady and Tom Buchanan and Haskell, {Crystal F}",

year = "2009",

doi = "10.1179/147683009X388887",

language = "English",

volume = "12",

pages = "48--56",

journal = "Nutritional Neuroscience",

issn = "1028-415X",

publisher = "Maney Publishing",

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T1 - Cognitive and mood effects of 8 weeks' supplementation with 400 mg or 1000 mg of the omega-3 essential fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in healthy children aged 10-12 years

AU - Kennedy, David O

AU - Jackson, Philippa A

AU - Elliott, Jade M

AU - Scholey, Andrew B

AU - Robertson, Bernadette C

AU - Greer, Joanna

AU - Tiplady, Brian

AU - Buchanan, Tom

AU - Haskell, Crystal F

PY - 2009

Y1 - 2009

N2 - Introduction: Despite media and public expectation of efficacy, no study to date has investigated the cognitive and mood effects of omega 3 supplementation in healthy children.Subjects and methods: This randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel groups pilot study assessed the cognitive and mood effects of either 400 mg or 1000 mg of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in 90 healthy children aged 10?12 years. Cognitive performance and mood was assessed prior to, and 8 weeks following, commencement of treatment.Results: There was a significant treatment effect on one cognitive measure (speed of word recognition), with the lower dose speeding, and the higher dose slowing, performance. Overall, the pattern of results strongly suggests that this effect was due to chance fluctuations in performance and that the treatments had no consistent or interpretable effect on performance.Conclusions: The results here do not suggest that supplementation with these doses of DHA for 8 weeks has any beneficial effect on brain function in cognitively intact children.

AB - Introduction: Despite media and public expectation of efficacy, no study to date has investigated the cognitive and mood effects of omega 3 supplementation in healthy children.Subjects and methods: This randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel groups pilot study assessed the cognitive and mood effects of either 400 mg or 1000 mg of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in 90 healthy children aged 10?12 years. Cognitive performance and mood was assessed prior to, and 8 weeks following, commencement of treatment.Results: There was a significant treatment effect on one cognitive measure (speed of word recognition), with the lower dose speeding, and the higher dose slowing, performance. Overall, the pattern of results strongly suggests that this effect was due to chance fluctuations in performance and that the treatments had no consistent or interpretable effect on performance.Conclusions: The results here do not suggest that supplementation with these doses of DHA for 8 weeks has any beneficial effect on brain function in cognitively intact children.

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KW - CHILDREN

KW - COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE

KW - MOOD

KW - DIETARY SUPPLEMENT

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