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Study
The researchers gave 28 young people aged between 7 and 14, all of whom suffered from mood disorder, four fish oil capsules per day for 12 weeks. They used a product made by the American OmegaBrite. Each capsule contained 350 mg EPA, 50 mg DHA 100 mg of other omega-3 fatty acids. So the subjects took 2 g omega-3 fatty acids per day.
Results
The more the participants weighed, the less increase there was in the concentration of EPA and DHA in their blood.
Conclusion
"The current study demonstrates clear linear relationships of both body weight and BMI with plasma omega-3 PUFA accumulation in children and adolescents," the researchers concluded. "These data did not show that clinical overweight or obesity were particularly predictive; rather, a dose-response effect was observed across the BMI spectrum."
The researchers gave 28 young people aged between 7 and 14, all of whom suffered from mood disorder, four fish oil capsules per day for 12 weeks. They used a product made by the American OmegaBrite. Each capsule contained 350 mg EPA, 50 mg DHA 100 mg of other omega-3 fatty acids. So the subjects took 2 g omega-3 fatty acids per day.
Results
The more the participants weighed, the less increase there was in the concentration of EPA and DHA in their blood.
Conclusion
"The current study demonstrates clear linear relationships of both body weight and BMI with plasma omega-3 PUFA accumulation in children and adolescents," the researchers concluded. "These data did not show that clinical overweight or obesity were particularly predictive; rather, a dose-response effect was observed across the BMI spectrum."
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