Health Promotion

Groups encourage children to consume more fish

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, October 24th, 2005

The U.S. Tuna Foundation (USTF) said that new dietary guidelines for children and adolescents issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) and endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics underscores the important health benefits of canned tuna and other fish for children during their formative years.

Published in the September 27, 2005, issue of the journal Circulation, AHA's new "scientific statement" encourages children and adolescents to eat two servings of fish weekly, especially the most commonly eaten varieties that are low in mercury - canned light tuna, salmon, shrimp, Pollock and catfish.

In making this recommendation, AHA...

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2005-10-24)

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