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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Dobbing, John

Titel

Developing brain and behavior : the role of lipids in infant formula

Ort / Verlag

San Diego : Academic Press,

Erscheinungsjahr

1997

Link zum Volltext

• Elsevier Books AutoHoldings

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Includes index.
• Front Cover; Developing Brain and Behaviour: The Role of Lipids in Infant Formula; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Dobbing Workshops; Preface; Part 1: Clinical Studies; Chapter 1. Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, infant feeding and cognitive development; Chapter 2. Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation of preterm infants; Chapter 3. Polyunsaturated fatty acid nutrition in infants born at term; Chapter 4. Statistically significant versus biologically significant effects of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids on growth
• Part 2: Methodology: Clinical Studies; Chapter 5. Methodological considerations in longitudinal studies of infant risk; Chapter 6. Grating acuity cards: validity and reliability in studies of human visual development; Part 3: Behavioural Science Considerations; Chapter 7. Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and the measurement and prediction of intelligence (IQ); Chapter 8. Individual differences in infant cognition: methods, measures, and models; Chapter 9. Early nutrition and behavior: a conceptual framework for critical analysis of research
• Chapter 10. The effects of early diet on synaptic function and behavior: pitfalls and potentials; Appendices: General Commentary on Behavioural Science Implications and Methodology; Appendix A: Nutrition and development- observations and implications; Appendix B: Design, measurement, and statistical approaches; Appendix C: General commentary; Index
• Certain long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs) are thought to be essential components of the nutrition of infants, including those prematurely born, in the sense that they cannot be synthesises by the immature organism and must therefore be supplied in the diet. Breast milk contains these substances, but many manufactured infant formulae do not. An absence of dietary LCPUFAs has been thought to affect the development of the brain and retina, possibly leading to abnormalities in cognitive and visual function.
• English