Fatty acid composition of plasma lipids in healthy Portuguese children: Is the Mediterranean diet disappearing?

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 78-81

  Guerra, Antonio ^b   Feldl, Franziska ^b   Koletzko, Berthold ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Children; Dietary fat; Germany; Heart disease prevention; Mediterranean diet; Monounsaturated fatty acids; Oleic acid; Portugal; Trans fatty acids

Indexed keywords

MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIET THERAPY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; LIPIDS; MALE; PORTUGAL;

EID: 0035000901     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000046710     Document Type: Article

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