Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0776922
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Cognitive and behavioural benefits of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation across the lifespan. The Australian Bureau of Statistics recently estimated that 7-19% of children have learning and behaviour problems associated with child ADHD. Concurrently, rates of dementia are rapidly increasing worldwide, currently costing the Australian government $6.6 billion pa, and it has been predicted that rates of dementia could double every 20 years. If omega-3 PUFA research can show benefits in cognition and behaviour across the lifespan, this has potential benefit for fish oil products and their ability to enhance mental health and cognitive outcomes, thereby helping to lower the substantial social and health care costs associated with poor academic performance, mental illness and growing rates of dementia.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 10-2007
End Date: 06-2010
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $231,147.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Mental Health | Nutrition And Dietetics | Public Health and Health Services
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Health related to ageing | Child health | Fish not elsewhere classified |
