The Effect of Dietary Fish Oil in addition to Lifestyle Counselling on Lipid Oxidation and Body Composition in Slightly Overweight Teenage Boys

Objective. n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs) have shown potential to increase lipid oxidation and prevent obesity. Subjects. Seventy-eight boys aged 13–15 y with whole-body fat% of 30±9% were randomly assigned to consume bread with fish oil (FO) (1.5 g n-3 LCPUFA/d) or vegetable...

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Main Authors: Maiken Højgaard Pedersen, Christian Mølgaard, Lars Ingvar Hellgren, Jeppe Matthiessen, Jens Juul Holst, Lotte Lauritzen
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/348368
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author Maiken Højgaard Pedersen
Christian Mølgaard
Lars Ingvar Hellgren
Jeppe Matthiessen
Jens Juul Holst
Lotte Lauritzen
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description Objective. n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs) have shown potential to increase lipid oxidation and prevent obesity. Subjects. Seventy-eight boys aged 13–15 y with whole-body fat% of 30±9% were randomly assigned to consume bread with fish oil (FO) (1.5 g n-3 LCPUFA/d) or vegetable oil for 16 weeks. All boys were counselled to improve diet and exercise habits. Results. Lifestyle counselling resulted in decreased sugar intake but did not change the physical activity level. Whole-body fat% decreased 0.7±2.5% and 0.6±2.2%, resting metabolic rate after the intervention was 7150±1134 kJ/d versus 7150±1042 kJ/d, and the respiratory quotient was 0.89±0.05 versus 0.88±0.05, in the FO and control group, respectively. No group differences were significant. Conclusion. FO-supplementation to slightly overweight teenage boys did not result in beneficial effects on RMR, lipid oxidation, or body composition.
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spelling doaj-art-de742da9ce7d4b52907e73d5fcabb87d2025-08-20T03:26:16ZengWileyJournal of Nutrition and Metabolism2090-07242090-07322011-01-01201110.1155/2011/348368348368The Effect of Dietary Fish Oil in addition to Lifestyle Counselling on Lipid Oxidation and Body Composition in Slightly Overweight Teenage BoysMaiken Højgaard Pedersen0Christian Mølgaard1Lars Ingvar Hellgren2Jeppe Matthiessen3Jens Juul Holst4Lotte Lauritzen5Department of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 1958 Frederiksberg, DenmarkDepartment of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 1958 Frederiksberg, DenmarkDepartment of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Lyngby, DenmarkDivision of Nutrition, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, 2860 Søborg, DenmarkDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2200 København, DenmarkDepartment of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 1958 Frederiksberg, DenmarkObjective. n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs) have shown potential to increase lipid oxidation and prevent obesity. Subjects. Seventy-eight boys aged 13–15 y with whole-body fat% of 30±9% were randomly assigned to consume bread with fish oil (FO) (1.5 g n-3 LCPUFA/d) or vegetable oil for 16 weeks. All boys were counselled to improve diet and exercise habits. Results. Lifestyle counselling resulted in decreased sugar intake but did not change the physical activity level. Whole-body fat% decreased 0.7±2.5% and 0.6±2.2%, resting metabolic rate after the intervention was 7150±1134 kJ/d versus 7150±1042 kJ/d, and the respiratory quotient was 0.89±0.05 versus 0.88±0.05, in the FO and control group, respectively. No group differences were significant. Conclusion. FO-supplementation to slightly overweight teenage boys did not result in beneficial effects on RMR, lipid oxidation, or body composition.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/348368
spellingShingle Maiken Højgaard Pedersen
Christian Mølgaard
Lars Ingvar Hellgren
Jeppe Matthiessen
Jens Juul Holst
Lotte Lauritzen
The Effect of Dietary Fish Oil in addition to Lifestyle Counselling on Lipid Oxidation and Body Composition in Slightly Overweight Teenage Boys
Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism
title The Effect of Dietary Fish Oil in addition to Lifestyle Counselling on Lipid Oxidation and Body Composition in Slightly Overweight Teenage Boys
title_full The Effect of Dietary Fish Oil in addition to Lifestyle Counselling on Lipid Oxidation and Body Composition in Slightly Overweight Teenage Boys
title_fullStr The Effect of Dietary Fish Oil in addition to Lifestyle Counselling on Lipid Oxidation and Body Composition in Slightly Overweight Teenage Boys
title_full_unstemmed The Effect of Dietary Fish Oil in addition to Lifestyle Counselling on Lipid Oxidation and Body Composition in Slightly Overweight Teenage Boys
title_short The Effect of Dietary Fish Oil in addition to Lifestyle Counselling on Lipid Oxidation and Body Composition in Slightly Overweight Teenage Boys
title_sort effect of dietary fish oil in addition to lifestyle counselling on lipid oxidation and body composition in slightly overweight teenage boys
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