Relation between degree of obesity and site-specific adipose tissue fatty acid composition in a Mediterranean population

• Published in: Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) Vol. 27; no. 2; pp. 170 - 176
• Main Authors: Garaulet, Marta, Hernandez-Morante, Juan Jose, Tebar, Francisco Javier, Zamora, Salvador
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.02.2011; [New York]: Elsevier Science Inc; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adipose tissue; Adult; Aged; Analysis; anthropometric measurements; Biological and medical sciences; blood lipids; Body Composition; Body fat; body fat distribution; Body Mass Index; chemistry; Diet; Diet, Mediterranean; Dietary Fats; Dietary Fats - analysis; disease severity; eating habits; epidemiology; Europeans; Fatty acid composition; Fatty acids; Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated; Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated - analysis; Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated - metabolism; Feeding. Feeding behavior; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gas chromatography; Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Health risks; Humans; Male; Mediterranean diet; metabolism; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; nutrition assessment; nutritional adequacy; nutritional status; Obesity; Obesity - epidemiology; Obesity - metabolism; palmitic acid; Palmitic Acid - analysis; Palmitic Acid - metabolism; palmitoleic acid; patients; Regression Analysis; site-specific adipose tissue fatty acid composition; Subcutaneous Fat; Subcutaneous Fat - chemistry; Subcutaneous Fat - metabolism; tissue analysis; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; Weight control; Spain; Obesity; Fatty acid composition; Adipose tissue; Mediterranean diet; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Nutrition disorder; Lipids; Population; Fatty acids; Nutritional status

Obesity itself could be a key factor determining fatty acid (FA) composition of adipose tissue (AT). A Mediterranean diet influences this relationship. However, a relation between different overweight and obesity levels (including morbidly obese subjects) and AT FA pattern has not been fully establi...