At the recent Omega-3 Symposium in Sydney, Associate Professor Barbara Meyer, from the School of Health Sciences, University of Wollongong presented her latest research “Australian children are not consuming enough Long Chain Omega-3’s”. Barbara stated “Only 6 per cent of Australian children are achieving the DHA daily intake (based on NHMRC definitions) and nine out of every ten children are not consuming seafood. This is too low for optimum health. The study notes that the children are consuming 7 times the amount of meat/poultry.”
The seafood industry and Governments’ Health departments are clearly not getting the right messages out to the public and especially to parents and children.
How do you think we can improve this?