Effect of dietary intervention to reduce the n-6/n-3 fatty acid ratio on maternal and fetal fatty acid profile and its relation to offspring growth and body composition at 1 year of age

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 282-288

  Much, D ^a   Brunner, S ^a   Vollhardt, C ^a   Schmid, D ^a   Sedlmeier, E M ^b   Bruderl M ^a   Heimberg, E ^a,c   Bartke, N ^d   Boehm, G ^d,e   Bader, B L ^b   Amann Gassner, U ^a   Hauner, H ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d Milupa AG   (Germany)

^e SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

childhood obesity; DHA; early infancy; maternal diet; n 3 LCPUFA supplementation; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 LONG CHAIN POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 LONG CHAIN POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FAT INTAKE; FAT MASS; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LACTATION; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROGENY; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THERAPY EFFECT; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; WEIGHT INDEX;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BREAST FEEDING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ERYTHROCYTES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETUS; FISH OILS; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LACTATION; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PREGNANCY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 84875220200     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2013.2     Document Type: Article

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