title: Assessments of body composition and bone parameters of lactating rats treated with diet containing flaxseed meal (Linum usitatissinum) during post-weaning period.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There are few studies on body composition and the effects of diet on weight postpartum women. The aim was to evaluate the body composition and bone parameters in lactating rats treated with diet containing flaxseed flour during postweaning period.
  
  
  METHODS
  After weaning, the lactating rat were divided in control (n = 6) and experimental (F, n = 6) group, treated with 25% flaxseed flour diet. After 30 days, body composition by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, serum analysis, organs and intra-abdominal fat mass, femur and lumbar vertebra parameters were determined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The groups showed similar food intake, body mass and bone parameters. While F group showed the following: lower body (-5%), gonadal (-17%), mesenteric (-23%) and intra-abdominal (-6%) fat mass. Increase of HDL-cholesterol (+10%) and lower glucose (-15%), triglycerides (P < 0.05, -37%) and cholesterol (P < 0.05, -21%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings highlight the effects of flaxseed for control of adiposity and to maintain a healthy biochemical profile during the postnatal period.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Experimental Nutrition. Departament of Nutrition and Dietetics. Fluminense Federal University. Rio de Janeiro. Brazil.. dcribeiro@id.uff.br.
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cavalcante Ribeiro
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Experimental Nutrition. Departament of Nutrition and Dietetics. Fluminense Federal University. Rio de Janeiro. Brazil.. paulacas11@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Paula Cristina
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Alves da Silva
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Experimental Nutrition. Departament of Nutrition and Dietetics. Fluminense Federal University. Rio de Janeiro. Brazil.. alinedape@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Aline
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: D'Avila Pereira
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Experimental Nutrition. Departament of Nutrition and Dietetics. Fluminense Federal University. Rio de Janeiro. Brazil.. biancaferolla@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Bianca
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ferolla da Camara Boueri
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Experimental Nutrition. Departament of Nutrition and Dietetics. Fluminense Federal University. Rio de Janeiro. Brazil.. carolina.pessanha20@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ribeiro Pessanha
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Experimental Nutrition. Departament of Nutrition and Dietetics. Fluminense Federal University. Rio de Janeiro. Brazil.. mairaduque@id.uff.br.
authors.forename: Maíra
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duque Coutinho de Abreu
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Experimental Nutrition. Departament of Nutrition and Dietetics. Fluminense Federal University. Rio de Janeiro. Brazil..
authors.forename: Henrique
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saldanha Melo
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Experimental Nutrition. Departament of Nutrition and Dietetics. Fluminense Federal University. Rio de Janeiro. Brazil..
authors.forename: Letícia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rozeno Pessoa
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Experimental Nutrition. Departament of Nutrition and Dietetics. Fluminense Federal University. Rio de Janeiro. Brazil.. nutcarlos@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Carlos Alberto Soares
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: da Costa
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Experimental Nutrition. Departament of Nutrition and Dietetics. Fluminense Federal University. Rio de Janeiro. Brazil.. gilsontb@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Gilson Teles
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Boaventura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001823:Body Composition; D015519:Bone Density; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D019597:Flax; D007774:Lactation; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014886:Weaning