Usual dietary fatty acid intakes and red-blood-cell membrane fatty acid composition in Inuit children attending child-care centres in Nunavik, northern Québec, Canada
Abstract Objectives To assess dietary fatty acid intakes and to examine the relationship between dietary sources of n -3 and n -6 PUFA and red-blood-cell (RBC) n -3 and n -6 PUFA composition. Design A cross-sectional study. Dietary intakes were assessed with a 24 h dietary recall. A second recall wa...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s1368980013003182 2024-09-15T18:15:00+00:00 Usual dietary fatty acid intakes and red-blood-cell membrane fatty acid composition in Inuit children attending child-care centres in Nunavik, northern Québec, Canada Blanchet, Rosanne Lauzière, Julie Gagné, Doris Vézina, Carole Ayotte, Pierre O'Brien, Huguette Turgeon 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980013003182 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S1368980013003182 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Public Health Nutrition volume 17, issue 12, page 2844-2852 ISSN 1368-9800 1475-2727 journal-article 2013 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980013003182 2024-07-10T04:03:07Z Abstract Objectives To assess dietary fatty acid intakes and to examine the relationship between dietary sources of n -3 and n -6 PUFA and red-blood-cell (RBC) n -3 and n -6 PUFA composition. Design A cross-sectional study. Dietary intakes were assessed with a 24 h dietary recall. A second recall was performed for 44 % of the children. Usual dietary intakes were estimated with the Software for Intake Distribution Estimation (SIDE). The fatty acid composition was measured in RBC membranes. Multivariate linear regression analyses were performed to explain RBC n -3 and n -6 PUFA concentrations. Setting Child-care centres in Nunavik, northern Québec, Canada. Subjects One hundred and sixty-seven Inuit children aged 11–53 months. Results A high proportion of the participants had inadequate n -3 and n -6 PUFA intakes (47·9 % and 93·5 %, respectively). Breast-feeding status and consumption of traditional food during the first 24 h dietary recall were significantly associated with RBC n -3 PUFA levels. Older children also tended to have higher RBC n -3 PUFA levels ( P = 0·0528), whereas sex, infant formula status and n -3 PUFA dietary intakes were not associated with RBC n -3 PUFA concentrations. RBC n -6 PUFA concentrations were positively associated with breast-feeding status and n -6 PUFA dietary intakes, whereas age, sex and infant formula status were not. Conclusions The present findings highlight the fact that Inuit pre-school children are not consuming enough n -3 and n -6 PUFA for optimum health. These observations call for actions to increase traditional food intake among Inuit children and to help them and their parents make healthier store-bought food choices. Article in Journal/Newspaper inuit Nunavik Cambridge University Press Public Health Nutrition 17 12 2844 2852 |
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Abstract Objectives To assess dietary fatty acid intakes and to examine the relationship between dietary sources of n -3 and n -6 PUFA and red-blood-cell (RBC) n -3 and n -6 PUFA composition. Design A cross-sectional study. Dietary intakes were assessed with a 24 h dietary recall. A second recall was performed for 44 % of the children. Usual dietary intakes were estimated with the Software for Intake Distribution Estimation (SIDE). The fatty acid composition was measured in RBC membranes. Multivariate linear regression analyses were performed to explain RBC n -3 and n -6 PUFA concentrations. Setting Child-care centres in Nunavik, northern Québec, Canada. Subjects One hundred and sixty-seven Inuit children aged 11–53 months. Results A high proportion of the participants had inadequate n -3 and n -6 PUFA intakes (47·9 % and 93·5 %, respectively). Breast-feeding status and consumption of traditional food during the first 24 h dietary recall were significantly associated with RBC n -3 PUFA levels. Older children also tended to have higher RBC n -3 PUFA levels ( P = 0·0528), whereas sex, infant formula status and n -3 PUFA dietary intakes were not associated with RBC n -3 PUFA concentrations. RBC n -6 PUFA concentrations were positively associated with breast-feeding status and n -6 PUFA dietary intakes, whereas age, sex and infant formula status were not. Conclusions The present findings highlight the fact that Inuit pre-school children are not consuming enough n -3 and n -6 PUFA for optimum health. These observations call for actions to increase traditional food intake among Inuit children and to help them and their parents make healthier store-bought food choices. |
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Blanchet, Rosanne Lauzière, Julie Gagné, Doris Vézina, Carole Ayotte, Pierre O'Brien, Huguette Turgeon Usual dietary fatty acid intakes and red-blood-cell membrane fatty acid composition in Inuit children attending child-care centres in Nunavik, northern Québec, Canada |
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Blanchet, Rosanne Lauzière, Julie Gagné, Doris Vézina, Carole Ayotte, Pierre O'Brien, Huguette Turgeon |
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Usual dietary fatty acid intakes and red-blood-cell membrane fatty acid composition in Inuit children attending child-care centres in Nunavik, northern Québec, Canada |
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Usual dietary fatty acid intakes and red-blood-cell membrane fatty acid composition in Inuit children attending child-care centres in Nunavik, northern Québec, Canada |
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Usual dietary fatty acid intakes and red-blood-cell membrane fatty acid composition in Inuit children attending child-care centres in Nunavik, northern Québec, Canada |
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Usual dietary fatty acid intakes and red-blood-cell membrane fatty acid composition in Inuit children attending child-care centres in Nunavik, northern Québec, Canada |
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Usual dietary fatty acid intakes and red-blood-cell membrane fatty acid composition in Inuit children attending child-care centres in Nunavik, northern Québec, Canada |
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usual dietary fatty acid intakes and red-blood-cell membrane fatty acid composition in inuit children attending child-care centres in nunavik, northern québec, canada |
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