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The present debate on nutrition and health, is concerned with the reasons for a high incidence of heart disease in certain countries and not in others. This approach assumes that those countries with a low incidence have developed a food structure which is “better” than those with a high incidence and it is common practice to make recommendations based on the food intakes of the low incidence countries.
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Crawford, M.A. et al. (1989). The Food Chain for N-6 and N-3 Fatty Acids with Special Reference to Animal Products. In: Galli, C., Simopoulos, A.P. (eds) Dietary ω3 and ω6 Fatty Acids. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2043-3_2
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