Effect of reducing the n-6:n-3 long-chain PUFA ratio during pregnancy and lactation on infant adipose tissue growth within the first year of life: An open-label randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 383-394

  Hauner, Hans ^a,b   Much, Daniela ^a   Vollhardt, Christiane ^a   Brunner, Stefanie ^a   Schmid, Daniela ^a   Sedlmeier, Eva Maria ^b,c   Heimberg, Ellen ^a,d   Schuster, Tibor ^a   Zimmermann, Andrea ^a   Schneider, Karl Theo M ^a   Bader, Bernhard L ^b,c   Amann Gassner, Ulrike ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Research Center for Nutrition and Food Science   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREPERITONEAL FAT; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUPPLEMENTATION; TISSUE GROWTH;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BREAST FEEDING; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 84856382735     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.111.022590     Document Type: Article

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