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This article at a glance Is it possible that the quality of food during gestation and around birth sets the stage for the eating behaviour of the offspring when they become adults? This study reports that in mice a perinatal deficiency in dietary omega-3 fatty acids has long-lasting effects int...

  Barbara J Meyer (University of Wollongong, Australia) Dilys J Freeman (University of Glasgow, UK)   Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) metabolism DHA is an omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (n-3 LCPUFA) containing 22 carbons and 6 carbon to ca...

This article at a glance Bronchopulmonary dysplasia is a form of lung injury caused by assisted ventilation and oxygen support compounding an incomplete development of lung tissue observed in very early and low birth weight preterm infants. In a study of fetal fatty acid (LCPUFA) accretion duri...

Thomas Brenna Division of Nutritional Sciences Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 USA jtb4@cornell.edu / 607-255-9182   The long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA) docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and arachidonic acid (AA, or ARA) are conserved components of the breast milks of all w...

This article at a glance This study documented the changes in circulating levels of various fatty acids during the third trimester of pregnancy complicated by gestational diabetes. In gestational diabetes, defects in the mobilization of several fatty acids were identified, including the DHA nec...

This article at a glance This study addressed the question whether daily intake of fish oil during three months had an effect on treatment-resistant epilepsy in children. More than half of the children had no epileptic attacks during the intervention period. The results support a limited numb...

This article at a glance A randomized controlled intervention trial has addressed the effect of chia oil intake during pregnancy and nursing on breast milk fatty acid composition in healthy women. In addition to increased levels of alpha-linolenic acid, a marked elevation in docosahexaenoic ...

This article at a glance Omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (LCPUFA) intake during pregnancy has been associated with a small but significant increase in the average length of a healthy pregnancy, as well as the body weight of a newborn. In this study the investigators address the se...

This article at a glance An important area in omega-3 research addresses the possibility to prevent or alleviate ADHD in childhood by omega-3 supplementaton with omega-3 LCPUFA of mothers during pregnancy or the children with ADHD themselves. A higher n-3:n-6 ratio during mid-pregnancy was foun...

This article at a glance Environmental enteropathy is increasingly being recognized to contribute to nutrient malabsorption and augmented catabolism in young children living in conditions where fecal to oral contamination occurs constantly. Besides improving sanitary conditions, no effective me...

This article at a glance In this report the authors demonstrate that omega-3 fatty acids should be researched further as a variable to decrease obstetrical risk in women with psychiatric disorders Further research is needed as the data is consistent with the existing literature that omega-3 fat...

Berthold Koletzko1, Susan E. Carlson2, Johannes B. van Goudoever3 1Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital, Univ. of Munich Medical Center, München, Germany 2Univ. of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA 3Depts. of Paediatrics, Emma Children’s Hospital, ...