Do Pregnant Women and Those at Risk of Developing Post-Natal Depression Consume Lower Amounts of Long Chain Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids?

Nutrients

Victoria F. Cosatto¹  Paul L. Else² 

[1] Now at Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney Westmead Hospital, Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead NSW 2145; Australia;School of Health Sciences and Metabolic Research Centre, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522; Australia;

关键词: long chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC n-3 PUFA);    pregnant women;    postnatal depression;   

DOI  :  10.3390/nu2020198

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

The aims were to compare intakes of long chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (LC n-3 PUFA) in pregnant and non-pregnant women in Australia and to compare these intakes to the Australian National Nutrition Survey of 1995 (NNS95) [1] and to determine if the LC n-3 PUFA intakes differed in women who may be ‘at risk’ compared with women ‘not at risk’ of developing post-natal depression (PND). A validated LC n-3 PUFA food frequency questionnaire and pregnant women’s Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) scores were used. LC n-3 PUFA intakes were comparable to the NNS95 but did not differ due to pregnancy or whether or not a woman is at risk of developing PND.

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