Systematic Reviews of the Evidence about Fats and Oils

Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for health effects of edible fats and oils.
Reviewed April 2008

 

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Title:   Reduced or modified dietary fat for preventing cardiovascular disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Cutting down how much fat we eat or replacing some saturated (animal) fats by plant oils and unsaturated spreads may reduce risk of heart disease, probably including fatal heart disease. Heart disease includes heart attacks, chest pain, strokes and the ...
Date:   Jan 2000
Title:   Fat supplementation of human milk for promoting growth in preterm infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Human breast milk provides good nutrition for term infants for growth and has benefits for immunity and maternal-infant bonding. It may, however, contain insufficient quantities of some nutrients and calories to meet the needs for adequate growth of an ...
Date:   Dec 1999
Title:   Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) for type 2 diabetes mellitus
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   People with type 2 diabetes are known to be at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (such as heart attack or stroke). Type 2 diabetes mellitus is the fourth leading cause of death in developed countries with a two fold excess mortality and a two to ...
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   High versus low medium chain triglyceride content of formula for promoting short-term growth of preterm infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Most very low birth weight infants grow slowly in hospital after delivery. This causes concern because poor growth can link to neurodevelopmental impairments including decreased cognitive ability (IQ), speech, and reading skills when school-aged. Fat pr...
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Dietary marine fatty acids (fish oil) for asthma in adults and children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Eating more fish has been recommended as one way of possibly reducing asthma. Populations (such as Eskimo communities) with diets high in fish also have low rates of asthma. As diets in other communities have become higher in saturated fats, asthma has ...
Date:   Feb 2002
Title:   Omega-3 fatty acids (from fish oils) for cystic fibrosis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Cycles of infection and inflammation are believed to exacerbate lung damage in people with cystic fibrosis. Fish oils are the richest dietary source of omega-3 fatty acids, which studies suggest may be anti-inflammatory and benefit many chronic inflamma...
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Marine oil, and other prostaglandin precursor, supplementation for pregnancy uncomplicated by pre-eclampsia or intrauterine growth restriction
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Pre-eclampsia in the mother and a baby being born too soon or too small are relatively common complication of pregnancy that can sometimes seriously affect the health of the baby and the mother. Omega-3 fatty acids found in fish/marine oils may prevent ...
Date:   Apr 2006
Title:   Fish oil for kidney transplant recipients
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This review set out to assess any benefit or harm in using fish oil to reduce the risk of kidney damage and heart disease in people who have had a kidney transplant and are receiving standard drugs to prevent rejection. Information from 16 studies was u...
Date:   Jan 2007
Title:   Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, an omega-3 fatty acid from fish oils) for the treatment of cancer cachexia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Many people with advanced cancer develop a distressing weight loss syndrome. To date, treatment of associated symptoms has proved difficult. More recently, novel approaches have included the use of oral fish oils that can contain the omega-3 fatty acid ...
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Omega 3 fatty acids (fish oil) for maintenance of remission in Crohn's disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Fish oil contains omega 3 fatty acids that may be beneficial in reducing inflammation, such as seen in the bowel of Crohn's disease patients. Randomized placebo-controlled studies that evaluated the effect of daily intake of capsules containing omega-3 ...
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Omega 3 fatty acids (fish oil) for maintenance of remission in ulcerative colitis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Fish oil contains omega 3 fatty acids that may be beneficial in reducing inflammation, such as seen in the bowel of ulcerative colitis patients. Randomized placebo-controlled studies that evaluated the effect of daily intake of omega-3 fatty acids to ma...
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Fish oil for induction of remission in ulcerative colitis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Ulcerative colitis is an inflammation of the large intestine that causes diarrhea, abdominal pain, rectal bleeding and fever. Since there is no cure for the disease the aim of treatment is to cause a reduction of the unpleasant and painful signs and sym...
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   Ketogenic diet for epilepsy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Epilepsy is a disorder where recurrent seizures are caused by abnormal electrical discharges from the brain. Most seizures can be controlled by a single antiepileptic drug but sometimes seizures develop which are resistant to these drugs. The ketogenic ...
Date:   Mar 2003
Title:   Advice on low-fat diets for obesity
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Overweight and obesity are global health problems that are associated with many chronic diseases. Generally, overweight people have been able to lose weight through energy-restricted dieting but maintaining that weight loss has been less successful. The...
Date:   Feb 2002
Title:   Polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation for schizophrenia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Schizophrenia is a serious, chronic and relapsing mental illness with a worldwide lifetime prevalence of approximately 1%. Early research suggests dietary supplementation with essential fatty acids (EFAs) may have a positive effect on the symptoms of sc...
Date:   May 2006
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