From French to mediterranean diet: Importance of the omega-6/omega-3 fatty acids ratio

World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 102, Issue , 2011, Pages 81-91

  Elisha, Belinda ^a,b,c   Guebre Egziabher, Fitsum ^d,e   Vidal, Hubert ^f   Bastard, Jean Philippe ^g,h   Laville, Martine ⁱ   Rabasa Lhoret, Rémi ^a,b,c,i  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c Montreal Diabetes Research Center MDRC   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^e Unité 870   (France)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

ⁱ CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRANCE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NUTRITION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET SURVEYS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRANCE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80052042021     PISSN: 00842230     EISSN: 16623975     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000327795     Document Type: Article

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