Is a higher intake of omega-3 fatty acids advantageous for weight loss?

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/514631

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

A 12 month dietary trial will be conducted to investigate whether a diet that is high in polyunsaturated fat (particularly long chain omega-3 fats found in fish oil) improves weight loss and metabolism, compared to a standard low fat weight-reducing diet. Other benefits of the diet, such as improvements in blood pressure, blood lipids and glucose, will be investigated. The findings will be used to refine dietary advice for weight loss and to develop food products enriched with fish oil.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2009

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $473,219.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Nutrition And Dietetics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Body composition | Diet and metabolic syndrome | Dietary fatty acids | Dietary macronutrients | Diets for weight loss | Intervention study | Metabolic syndrome | Obesity | Obesity/metabolism

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