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Biological effects and safety issues related to long‐chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in infants
Author(s) -
Heird William C.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/s11745-999-0355-y
Subject(s) - polyunsaturated fatty acid , engineering ethics , psychology , political science , engineering , chemistry , biochemistry , fatty acid
Abstract The purpose of this workshop at the American Oil Chemists’ Society Symposium, “PUFA in Infant Nutrition: Consensus and Controversies”, was to enumerate the safety issues raised by the prospect of supplementing infant formulas with long‐chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC‐PUFA), to evaluate the evidence that these concerns are problematical, or theoretically problematical, and to identify the safety issues most in need of resolution. This was approached by reviewing briefly the known biological effects of LC‐PUFA and how these effects might give rise to concerns about safety of LC‐PUFA as components of infant formulas. Some of these issues were then discussed in more detail by invited participants, all of whom had submitted abstracts concerning the issue discussed. The pertinent aspects of all issues discussed during the workshop are summarized. In addition, since the symposium was held over 2 yr ago, an addendum summarizing additional data reported since the symposium that either support or refute issues discussed during the workshop also is included.