TY - JOUR T1 - Breast milk fatty acid composition of women living far from the coastal area in Brazil JO - Jornal de Pediatria T2 - AU - Nishimura,Renata Y. AU - Castro,Gabriela S.F. de AU - Junior,Alceu A. Jordão AU - Sartorelli,Daniela S. SN - 22555536 M3 - 10.1016/j.jpedp.2012.11.005 DO - 10.1016/j.jpedp.2012.11.005 UR - https://jped.elsevier.es/pt-breast-milk-fatty-acid-composition-articulo-S2255553613000529 AB - ObjectivesTo evaluate the fatty acid composition of mature human milk of women living far from the coastal area of Brazil. MethodsMature breast milk samples were obtained from 47 lactating women aged between 18 and 35 years, who delivered their babies at term and who exclusively or predominantly breastfed. Milk collection took place after the fifth week postpartum by hand expression. The fatty acid composition of the milk was determined by gas chro- matography. ResultsIt was observed that the concentration of eicosapentaenoic acid (0.08%) was higher than that observed in previous studies in Brazil. However, the content of doco- sahexaenoic acid (0.09%) found in human milk was one of the lowest verified in the world. The content of trans fatty acids (2.05%) was similar to that reported in national studies previous to the mandatory declaration of this fatty acid content in food labels, suggesting that this measure had no effect on reducing the content of this fatty acid in the usual diet of women. ConclusionsLow levels of docosahexaenoic acid and high concentrations of trans fatty acids were observed in mature breast milk of women living far from the coastal area in Brazil. ER -