This paper reports on the conclusions of a workshop on the role of long chain polyunsaturated
fatty acids (LC‐PUFA) in maternal and child health The attending investigators involved in …

… Supplementation of pregnant women with 2.7 g fish oil/d from week 31 of gestation and later
(50) caused a significantly higher n−3 LCP status in the cord plasma phospholipids of their …

… during pregnancy: 23.5 g/d) (34), than in the intervention group in which LA intake was
increased from the habitual value of 14.0 g/d during the first half of pregnancy to 24.7 g/d in the …

Although essential fatty acids (EFA) and their longer chain, more unsaturated derivatives
play a major role during pregnancy, hardly any information is available with respect to the …

… In our first trial, 5.1 g oat β-glucan was provided by bread, and only 0.8 g was provided by
the cookies. It is therefore possible that the incorporation of the oat bran and oat bran …

Serum lipoprotein[a] (Lp[a]) is a strong risk factor for coronary heart disease. We therefore
examined the effect of dietary fatty acid composition on serum Lp[a] levels in three strictly …

The effects of a fish-enriched diet or dietary supplements consisting of either fish oil or a
docosahexaenoic acid-rich oil (DHA-oil) on platelet aggregation and hemostatic factors were …

… Brouns, and G. Hornstra. Exercise performance, red blood cell deformability, and lipid …
After 3 wk of fish oil supplementation (6 g/day), without or with vitamin E (300 IU/day), trial …

The degree to which different saturated fatty acids exert their cholesterol-raising effects is still
unknown. Therefore, we studied the effect on serum lipids and lipoproteins of diets rich in …

… Primary outcome variables for this study were birth weight (in g) and SGA (yes, no) at term,
with SGA defined as a birth weight below the 10th percentile for gestational age on the basis …