ENRICHING THE CHILD’S DIET WITH POLYENOIC ACIDS AND PREBIOTICS IS THE PATH TO HEALTHY EATING
Abstract
The article provides information on healthy eating and discusses the issues in reducing the consumption by the population of essential and functional food components, insufficient adaption of humans to aggressive environmental factors and the need to enrich the diet with micronutrients, omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids, and prebiotics that have a control impact on the body. The article contains information on the biological role of polyunsaturated fatty acids and prebiotics, their ability to enrich children’s diets.
Key words: healthy eating, child, micronutrients, omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids, prebiotics, diet enrichment.
(Pediatric Pharmacology. – 2010; 7(6):86-92)
About the Authors
T.E. BorovikRussian Federation
N.N. Semenova
Russian Federation
T.N. Stepanova
Russian Federation
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For citations:
Borovik T., Semenova N., Stepanova T. ENRICHING THE CHILD’S DIET WITH POLYENOIC ACIDS AND PREBIOTICS IS THE PATH TO HEALTHY EATING. Pediatric pharmacology. 2010;7(6):86-92.