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Article: Fed: Fish oil wards off early asthma symptoms in at-risk kids
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- November 3, 2004
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AAP General News (Australia)
11-03-2004
Fed: Fish oil wards off early asthma symptoms in at-risk kids
By Kylie Walker, National Medical Correspondent
SYDNEY, Nov 3 AAP - Fish oil supplements appear to ward off asthma symptoms in young
children with a family history of allergies, Australian researchers have found.
Children who consumed higher amounts of omega-3 fatty acids from birth were 10 per
cent less likely to experience coughing and wheezing at the age of three, Sydney University's
Professor Craig Mellis and colleagues found.
"It's very hard to know who's got asthma and who hasn't in preschoolers," Prof Mellis told AAP.
"But we are starting to see a reduction in respiratory or ...