Combining fish-oil supplements with regular aerobic exercise improves body composition and cardiovascular disease risk factors

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1267-1274

  Hill, Alison M ^a,b   Buckley, Jonathan D ^a   Murphy, Karen J ^a   Howe, Peter R C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body fat; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; DXA; Flow mediated dilatation; Lipids; n 3 Fatty acids

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FISH OIL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; SUNFLOWER OIL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TUNA;

HELIANTHUS; SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 84950170958     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/85.5.1267     Document Type: Article

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