Pubblicazione scientifica

Childhood Fish Consumption and Learning and Behavioral Disorders

FILONE TECNOLOGICO	TEMA
trasformazione e commercializzazione

RIASSUNTO

Fish is a major source of nutrients critical for brain development during early life. The importance of childhood fish consumption is supported by several studies reporting associations of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (n-3 PUFA) supplementation with better behavior and school performance. However, fish may have a different effect than n-3 PUFA alone due to the neurotoxic effects of methylmercury, a frequent contaminant. We investigated associations of childhood fish consumption with learning and behavioral disorders in birth cohort study of the neurotoxic effects of early life exposure to solvent-contaminated drinking water. Childhood (age 7–12 years) fish consumption and learning and behavioral problems were reported in self-administered questionnaires (age 23–41 at questionnaire completion). Fish consumption was not meaningfully associated with repeating a grade, tutoring, attending summer school, special class placement, or low educational attainment. However, participants who ate fish several times a week had an elevated odds of Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (odds ratio: 5.2; 95% confidence interval: 1.5–18) compared to participants who did not eat fish. While these findings generally support the safety of the observed level of fish consumption, the absence of a beneficial effect may be attributed to insufficient fish intake or the choice of relatively low n-3 PUFA fish.

DATA

Data di pubblicazione: 01/11/2016

AUTORI

CARWILE JENNY L
BUTLER LINDSEY J
JANULEWICZ PATRICIA A
WINTER MICHAEL R
ASCHENGRAU ANN

ENTE DI AFFERENZA

DEPT EPIDEMIOLOGY BOSTON UNIV SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH BOSTON MA 02118 USA JENNYCARWILE GMAIL COM JLC LJBUTLER BU EDU LJB
DEPT ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH BOSTON UNIV SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH BOSTON MA 02118 USA PAJ BU EDU
DATA COORDINATING CTR BOSTON UNIV SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH BOSTON MA 02118 USA MWINTER BU EDU

RIVISTA

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(11), 1069

IMPACT FACTOR

2,620

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