Omega-3s associated with better executive function in cohort of young children

Young children with the highest levels of omega-3s in their blood outperformed their peers on a measure of executive function, according to new research conducted in West Africa. The recent study looked at children aged 2 to 6 years old in Ghana. Researchers from Michigan State University and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana conducted the research on a cohort assembled in a village in the northern part of the country.