title: A mathematical relationship between the fatty acid composition of the diet and that of the adipose tissue in man.
abstract: Based on literature data, the hypothesis is advanced that in human subjects a direct mathematical relationship exists between the average fatty acid composition of the habitual diet and that of the lipid stores of subcutaneous adipose tissue. Since the half-life of adipose tissue fatty acids in man is in the order of 600 days, the fatty acid pattern of depot fat provides a qualitative measure of the fat intake over a period of 2 to 3 years. It is concluded that in long-term experimental and epidemiological nutritional surveys the adipose tissue fatty acid pattern of the subjects is a useful index of the average composition of their habitual dietary fat.
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000032:analysis*; D003625:Data Collection; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000032:analysis*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D008433:Mathematics; D009749:Nutrition Surveys / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats; D005227:Fatty Acids