Long-chain n-3 PUFA supplementation decreases physical activity during class time in iron-deficient South African school children

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 212-224

  Smuts, Cornelius M ^a   Greeff, Jani ^a   Kvalsvig, Jane ^b   Zimmermann, Michael B ^c   Baumgartner, Jeannine ^a,c  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c Institute of Food   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Iron; n 3 Fatty acids; Physical activity; School children

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; IRON; PLACEBO; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; IRON INTAKE; MICROCAPSULE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; TABLET;

ACCELEROMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MONITORING; FACULTY STUDENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ACTIMETRY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD NUTRITION; COMPLICATION; DEFICIENCY; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; MICROCAPSULE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCHOOL; SOUTH AFRICA; TABLET; THERAPEUTIC USE;

ACTIGRAPHY; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CAPSULES; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SCHOOLS; SOUTH AFRICA; TABLETS;

EID: 84927569791     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114514003493     Document Type: Article

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