Dietary fat quality for optimal health and well-being: Overview of recommendations

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 2-7

  Uauy, Ricardo ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Dietary recommendations; Fat quality; Health; Lipids

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; FAT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRANS FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGGRESSIVENESS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAT INTAKE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEALTH; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELLBEING;

BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIETARY FATS; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 68949156307     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000220821     Document Type: Conference Paper

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