{"id":2234,"date":"2025-03-11T15:22:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T15:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/11\/children-are-more-sociable-if-they-eat-fish\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T15:22:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T15:22:16","slug":"children-are-more-sociable-if-they-eat-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/11\/children-are-more-sociable-if-they-eat-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"Children are more sociable if they eat fish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-03-11 15:22:16<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Children who eat fish are more sociable.<BR><br \/>\nA new study from the University of Bristol has found that kids who regularly eat seafood are likely to be friendlier than those who do not.<BR><br \/>\nExperts say that fish is a plentiful source of omega-3 fatty acids, selenium and iodine, which are thought to play an important role in brain development and cognitive function.<BR><br \/>\nYoungsters who didn&#8217;t eat fish were more likely to display &#8220;suboptimal prosocial behaviour&#8221;.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;Prosocial&#8221; behaviours include friendly interactions, altruism and sharing.<BR><br \/>\nDr. Caroline Taylor, associate professor of nutrition at the university, said: &#8220;Our previous studies have found that eating fish during pregnancy in the UK can have a positive effect on child development.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;This has also been found in countries where fish intakes are higher than they are here, so encouraging fish consumption is likely to have a positive effect on child development.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;Our evidence to link fish consumption in children with the best behavioural development is clear, and we strongly recommend parents to provide at least two portions of fish a week in accordance with NHS guidelines.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-03-11 15:22:16 Children who eat fish are more sociable. A new study from the University of Bristol has found that kids who regularly eat seafood are likely to be friendlier&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2236,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234\/revisions\/2236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}