Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) is inversely related to development of adiposity in school-age children

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 167-172

  Perng, W ^a   Villamor, E ^b   Mora Plazas, M ^c   Marin, C ^c   Baylin, A ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c FINUSAD   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DIHOMO GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOMBIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROWTH CURVE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; WEIGHT GAIN; BLOOD; COLOMBIA; DIET; DRUG EFFECTS; FAT INTAKE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PHARMACOLOGY; THERAPEUTIC USE;

ADIPOSITY; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COLOMBIA; DIET; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84922236046     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2014.210     Document Type: Article

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