Study: Eating fish makes kids more intelligent

STOCKHOLM, March 9 (Chinese media) -- Eating fish makes your

children smarter, according to a Swedish study published on Monday.

It found that 15-year-old boys who ate fish at least

once a week scored high in intelligence tests when they turned 18 than those who

it ate it less frequently.

"We found a clear link between frequent fish

consumption and higher scores when the teenagers ate fish at least once a week,"

said one of the researchers, Professor Kjell Toren from the Sahlgrenska Academy

at the University of Gothenburg.

On average, eating fish once a week can increase

combined, verbal and visuospatial intelligence scores by six percent, while

eating fish more than once a week increased them by 11 percent, the researchers

said.

The study, based on responses from nearly 4,000

Swedish teenagers and published in the March issue of Acta Paediatrica, thought

that omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in fish could be the key to improved

cognitive performance.

The researchers also planned to examine if the kind

of fish consumed makes any difference to the results.