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Home More 28 March 2006 FISH OILS HELP KIDS BEHAVE By Victoria Ward FISH oil supplements can improve the behaviour of unruly teenagers, researchers said yesterday.

A study found a group of 12 to 15-year-olds with attention deficit hyper-activity disorder improved dramatically.

They took 'Eye q smooth' - a mix of omega -3 fish oil and omega-6 evening primrose oil - for three months.

Ninety-four per cent of the pupils at Greenfield Community Arts College in Newton Aycliffe, Co Durham, had moderate or severe ADHD.

This fell to 28 per cent.

Dr Madeleine Portwood, the lead researcher, said: "With school exclusions nationally having risen, our trials suggest a route to improvement." The news comes a week after a report in the British Medical Journal questioned the health benefits of eating oily fish.

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