| In the United States, fish oil has been used for years | | | | Britain and Holland have found that children and teens |
| now as a natural alternative to prescription medications | | | | with coordination disorders and "aggressive young |
| for attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit | | | | prisoners" experienced improved behavior abilities and |
| hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Now Singapore is taking | | | | focus after the implementation of the health |
| that treatment and applying it in a new way to help | | | | supplement. |
| treat young prisoners. Since many disruptive and | | | | This is just one more example of the dramatic effect |
| aggressive children have been found to suffer from | | | | that omega 3 - or the lack thereof - can have on a |
| ADD and ADHD, Singaporean officials hope that giving | | | | child's behavior. And the benefits do not stop just |
| a daily dose of the health supplement to young people | | | | because you are no longer growing. Omega 3 fish oil |
| in juvenile detention facilities may help them improve | | | | has been linked time and again to increased ability to |
| their daily conduct and focus on getting out of the bad | | | | focus, diminished stress and higher job and school |
| situations that their behavior may have placed them in. | | | | productivity. In fact, people who get adequate amounts |
| "This study is the first of its kind in Singapore," said | | | | of omega 3 experience better mental health and |
| principal investigator Daniel Fung, head of the | | | | significantly lower rates of physical health problems |
| Singapore Institute of Mental Health's Child and | | | | related to the heart and immune system. |
| Adolescent Psychiatry department. Similar studies in | | | | |