Omega-3 dietary fatty acid status of healthy older adults in Tasmania, Australia: An observational study

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 505-510

  Pittaway, Jane K ^a   Chuang, L T ^b   Ahuja, K D K ^a   Beckett, J M ^a   Glew, R H ^c   Ball, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary fatty acids; EPA and DHA; n 3 PUFA; older adults; omega 3 PUFA; plasma fatty acids

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

AGED; ANIMAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; FISH; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TASMANIA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FISH OILS; FISHES; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TASMANIA;

EID: 84939991804     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-015-0459-2     Document Type: Article

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