Effect of DHA-containing formula on growth of preterm infants to 59 weeks postmenstrual age
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Effect of fish-oil docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)-containing (0.2 wt%) formula on growth has been studied in a randomized, blinded clinical trial in 63 preterm infants to 59 postmenstrual weeks in age. The males fed the DHA formula grew more slowly. The females in the control group and the DHA-fed group showed no significant differences for unknown reasons. Infant formula with fish oil having DHA and EPA in 5:1 ratio had significant negative effect on growth and body composition in males in the first 6 months. Fatty acid composition and structural arrangement of fat in formulas are different from those in human milk; adding vegetable oils does not add long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids found in human milk. Addition of DHA alone to infant formulas is not supported by study results.
Publication Name: American Journal of Human Biology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 1042-0533
Year: 1999
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Human skeletal muscle size and architecture: Variability and interdependence
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Several people were tested for the thickness and pennation angles of their triceps brachii (TB), vastus lateralis (VL), and gastrocnemius medialis (GM) muscles. The results have suggested the existence of muscle- and gender-specificity in the variability of muscle dimensions and the positive correlations between muscle thickness and pennation angles have indicated that the size-dependence of the pennation angle is a general feature of pennate muscles.
Publication Name: American Journal of Human Biology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 1042-0533
Year: 2006
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Preformed dietary DHA: the answer to a specific question may in practice become translated to its opposite
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Comment is presented on the review presented by Carlson and Kingston regarding modern human needs preformed docosahexaenoic acid from the aquatic food chain in their diet. Comment argues that inclusion of sufficient seafood or fish oil supplements in the modern human diet may be risky.
Publication Name: American Journal of Human Biology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 1042-0533
Year: 2007
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