Fatty Fish Intake and the Effect on Mental Health and Sleep in Preschool Children in FINS-KIDS, a Randomized Controlled Trial

Fatty Fish Intake and the Effect on Mental Health and Sleep in Preschool Children in FINS-KIDS, a Randomized Controlled Trial

Mental health and sleep problems are prevalent in children during preschool years. The aim of the current study was to investigate if increased intake of fatty fish compared with meat improves mental health and sleep in four- to six-year-old children. The children ( = 232) in the two-armed randomize...

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Published in:Nutrients Vol. 10; no. 10; p. 1478
Main Authors: Hysing, Mari, Kvestad, Ingrid, Kjellevold, Marian, Kolden Midtbø, Lisa, Graff, Ingvild Eide, Lie, Øyvind, Hurum, Hallvard, Stormark, Kjell Morten, Øyen, Jannike
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Switzerland MDPI 11-10-2018
MDPI AG
Subjects:
Animals
Child, Preschool
Diet - methods
Dietary Fats - administration & dosage
Dietary Fats - analysis
docosahexaenoic acid
Eating - psychology
eicosapentaenoic acid
fatty fish
Female
Fishes
Humans
Lunch
Male
Meat - analysis
mental health
Mental Processes
Norway
preschoolers
Schools
Seafood - analysis
Sleep
Norway
sleep
eicosapentaenoic acid
fatty fish
preschoolers
docosahexaenoic acid
mental health
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Summary:Mental health and sleep problems are prevalent in children during preschool years. The aim of the current study was to investigate if increased intake of fatty fish compared with meat improves mental health and sleep in four- to six-year-old children. The children ( = 232) in the two-armed randomized controlled trial, Fish Intervention Studies-KIDS (FINS-KIDS), were randomly assigned to lunch meals with fatty fish (herring/mackerel) or meat (chicken/lamb/beef) three times a week for 16 weeks. The fish and meat were weighed before and after the meals to record the exact consumption in grams (dietary compliance). Mental health problems were assessed by the strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ) and sleep by parent report pre- and post-intervention. There was no significant statistical difference between changes in mental health and sleep for the fish eating group compared with the meat eating group, neither in the crude analysis nor after adjusting for intake of fish or meat (dietary compliance).
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ISSN:2072-6643
2072-6643
DOI:10.3390/nu10101478