Fatty acid composition of fats is an early determinant of childhood obesity: A short review and an opinion

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-26

  Ailhaud, G ^a   Guesnet, P ^b  

^a CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue development; Gestation; Lactation; Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN BETA; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN DELTA; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 10; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LIPOXYGENASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR DELTA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTACYCLIN RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST MILK; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; LACTATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; SHORT SURVEY; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; MILK, HUMAN; OBESITY;

EID: 0842269200     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2004.00121.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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