Omega-3 polyunsaturated essential fatty acids are associated with depression in adolescents with eating disorders and weight loss

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1610-1615

  Swenne, Ingemar ^a   Rosling, Agneta ^a   Tengblad, Siv ^b   Vessby, Bengt ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Delta 5 desaturase; Delta 6 desaturase; Depression; Eating disorder; Essential fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; EATING DISORDER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIET; EATING DISORDERS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; SWEDEN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 80855130770     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02400.x     Document Type: Article

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