Fatty acid status in early life in low-income countries - overview of the situation, policy and research priorities

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 141-148

  Briend, André ^a   Dewey, Kathryn G ^b   Reinhart, Gregory A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Mathile Institute for the Advancement of Human Nutrition   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Fatty acids; Infant; Lactation; Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; Low income countries

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; IRON; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SOYBEAN OIL; VEGETABLE OIL; ZINC;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BREAST MILK; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; CORN; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID STATUS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INTERVENTION STUDY; LACTATION; LIPID OXIDATION; LIPOGENESIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGANOGENESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEANUT; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; POLICY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; RESEARCH PRIORITY; REVIEW; SAFFLOWER; SUNFLOWER;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINOLEIC ACID; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLANT OILS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; HELIANTHUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79952229519     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00305.x     Document Type: Review

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