But the latest science demands another important nutrient be added to that diet: DHA, docosahexaenoic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid. DHA is brain nutrition. It's to our brains as calcium is to our bones. In fact, optimal infant brain and eye development and function depends on it.*.
So who is Generation X? Generation X is the name given to the 'birth dearth', those born in the 60's and 70's; the valley between the Boomers and Generation Y (the boomlet)12. Generation X grew up in the shadow of their Boomer parents and initially defied tidy descriptions and categories.
The term experienced a resurgence in popularity in the 1990s, when it served as part of the title for Douglas Coupland's novel, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture. The book is a series of stories told by several main characters, all of whom are young adults who would seem to represent this generation.