title: An evaluation of the safety of a low-saturated-fat, low-cholesterol diet beginning in infancy.
abstract: This study was designed to detect developmental, body chemistry, or somatic differences that might be present in children who had been on a low-saturated-fat, low-cholesterol (LSFLC) diet since birth. Comparison to a matched control group at age 3 years failed to demonstrate significant differences in percentile height, percentile weight, head circumference, age, skinfold thickness, total serum protein, hemoglobin, number of failures on a Denver Developmental Screening test, or number of sick visits. Experimental children did have significantly lower serum cholesterol than a large group of children of similar age. It is concluded that at age 3 years, no significant adverse findings were present in the group who had been nourished on a LSFLC diet since birth as compared to a control group.
mesh_terms: D001130:Arizona; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D002791:Cholesterol, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006128:Growth; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D012885:Skinfold Thickness
chemical_list: D002791:Cholesterol, Dietary; D004041:Dietary Fats; D002784:Cholesterol