{"id":62265,"date":"2025-11-27T10:02:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T09:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pharma-trend.com\/en\/sfi-health-reports-promising-results-from-a-preliminary-study-evaluating-the-impact-of-long-chain-polyunsaturated-fatty-acids-on-reading-and-writing-skills-in-children\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T10:02:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T09:02:31","slug":"sfi-health-reports-promising-results-from-a-preliminary-study-evaluating-the-impact-of-long-chain-polyunsaturated-fatty-acids-on-reading-and-writing-skills-in-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pharma-trend.com\/en\/sfi-health-reports-promising-results-from-a-preliminary-study-evaluating-the-impact-of-long-chain-polyunsaturated-fatty-acids-on-reading-and-writing-skills-in-children\/","title":{"rendered":"SFI Health\u2122 Reports Promising Results From a Preliminary Study Evaluating the Impact of Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on Reading and Writing Skills in Children"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n– The study sponsored by La Nostra Famiglia highlights key brain processes that mediate the effects of omega-3s on literacy development<\/i><\/b>\n<\/p>\n

\n– Further research into the biological mechanisms explaining the effects of omega-3 LCPUFAs on neurocognitive structures and functions is needed to open new pathways for intervention in learning disorders<\/i><\/b>\n<\/p>\n

LUGANO, Switzerland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#GLAsupplements<\/a>–SFI Health\u2122 EMEA, the regional entity of SFI Health\u2122, a global leader in natural healthcare, is proud to announce the publication on Biomedicine<\/i> of the results of a new study, conducted by the Italian research institute \u201cIRCCS Eugenio Medea\u201d of \u201cLa Nostra Famiglia\u201d association, investigating the correlation between long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) and reading and writing abilities.\n<\/p>\n

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\nThis investigator-initiated trial is part of an ongoing project investigating the efficacy of omega-3 and omega-6 LCPUFA supplementation to enhance the effects of neuropsychological treatment in children diagnosed with developmental dyslexia (DD).\n<\/p>\n

\nLCPUFAs of the omega-3 group, such as EPA and DHA, play essential roles in microglial activity, neuroinflammatory regulation, and synaptic plasticity\u2014processes crucial for brain health and learning. Previous research has shown that individuals with dyslexia tend to have lower levels of these fatty acids in their blood, and this deficiency has been associated with slower and less accurate reading and writing performance.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe new study set out to determine which neurocognitive systems mediate the relationship between omega-3 LCPUFA levels and literacy skills in school-age children.\n<\/p>\n

\nSeventy-four children with reading and writing skills ranging from normal to below average (DD) took part in an extensive neuropsychological assessment. Tasks evaluated reading and writing, auditory and visual processing (including measures related to magnocellular function), phonological awareness, attention, and executive functioning.\n<\/p>\n

\nResearchers extracted three key neuropsychological factors\u2014Auditory Phonological (AP), Visual-Perceptual (VP), and Visual-Attentional (VA) processing\u2014and tested their mediating role between omega-3 LCPUFA levels and literacy performance using Generalized Linear Model mediation analyses. Interactions with other polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) were also examined.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe study found that omega-3 LCPUFA levels, especially EPA and DHA, were significantly correlated with children\u2019s reading and writing abilities as well as with the three identified cognitive factors.\n<\/p>\n