Fat and fatty acid requirements and recommendations for infants of 0-2 years and children of 2-18 years

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 55, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 76-96

  Uauy, Ricardo ^a,b   Dangour, Alan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CHOLESTEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ERUCIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; FAT; FATTY ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LAURIC ACID; LIPID; MYRISTIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD NUTRITION; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; ENERGY RESOURCE; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD STORAGE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENYLKETONURIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPPLEMENTATION; VEGETARIAN DIET; ZELLWEGER SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLESTEROL; DIET; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LIPID METABOLISM; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 70349291346     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000228997     Document Type: Review

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