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Supplement

Essential role of fats throughout the lifecycle

MJA 2002; 176 (11 Suppl): S105-S124

Summary and recommendations

Background: The renaissance of fat: roles in membrane structure, signal transduction and gene expression

The role of fats in the lifecycle stages

  • Pregnancy and the first year of life
  • Toddlers to preschool
  • The primary school years
  • Adolescence and young adulthood

    Adulthood — prevention

  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Diabetes

    Adulthood — treatment

  • Cholesterol-lowering with plant sterols

    Dietary implications

  • Advising patients about fat in the diet

    Panel of contributors



    This Supplement is an initiative of the Child Nutrition Research Centre and supported by an educational grant from Meadow Lea. The views expressed in this Supplement are those of the authors and Meadow Lea had no input into the content. Leading authors in this review were supported with an honorarium. Some authors received research grants from the joint GRDC/Meadowlea funding initiative. The content of this Supplement was neither affected nor constrained by these facts.



  • Panel of contributors

    Guest editor

    Robert A Gibson, PhD, Director, Child Nutrition Research Centre, Child Health Research Institute, Women's and Children's Hospital, and Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, SA, and Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Adelaide

    Panel members

    Gareth S Denyer, BA(Oxon), DPhil(Oxon), Senior Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW

    Maria Makrides, BND, PhD, Senior Scientist, Child Nutrition Research Centre, Child Health Research Institute, Women's and Children's Hospital, and Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, SA, and Senior Lecturer, Department of Paediatrics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA

    Jill L Sherriff, PhD, APD, Senior Lecturer, Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Science, School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA

    Kay L Gibbons, BAppSci (Diet), APD, Head, Nutrition and Food Services, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, VIC

    Linda C Tapsell, PhD, APD, Associate Professor, and Managing Director, Smart Food Centre, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW

    Marijka J Batterham, MSc (Nutr & Diet), PhD, APD, Research Fellow, Smart Food Centre, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW

    Paul J Nestel, AO, MD, FTSE, FRACP, Professor, and Senior Principal Research Fellow, and Head, Cardiovascular Nutrition Laboratory, Baker Medical Research Institute, Prahran, VIC

    Les G Cleland, MD, FRACP, Senior Director, and Head, Rheumatology Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA

    Michael J James, PhD, Chief Medical Scientist, Rheumatology Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA

    Peter M Clifton, MB BS, PhD, Director, Clinical Research Institute, CSIRO Health Sciences and Nutrition, Adelaide, SA

    Catherine M Saxelby, BSc, APD, Consultant Nutritionist, Foodwatch Pty Ltd, Lindfield, NSW

    Facilitator

    Coral G B Colyer, MSc(Nutr & Diet), APD, Nutrition Services Manager, Goodman Fielder, Macquarie Park, NSW