Blood fatty acids reveal your child´s diet
(WorldNews Finland)

Eating lots of sugary candy may strain the liver, alter the body`s fatty acid metabolism and increase the risk of cardiometabolic diseases already in childhood. Children`s blood fatty acid composition reflects their diet - but luckily this composition can be influenced by lifestyle interventions, say researchers from the University of Eastern Finland. Family-based lifestyle interventions can have an impact on children`s blood fatty acid composition, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland. The plasma fatty acid composition reflects not only the quality of dietary fat, but also the quality of dietary carbohydrate in children`s diets. For example, the relative...