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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 53, 831-838, Copyright © 1991 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Obesity and weight loss alter serum polyunsaturated lipids in humans

SD Phinney, PG Davis, SB Johnson and RT Holman
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, St Paul.

Serum omega 6 (n-6) fatty acids were assessed in 12 obese women during an outpatient very-low-calorie diet (VLCD). Ten subjects (S10) achieved a mean weight loss of 17 kg over 3-5 mo (initial weight-for-height 157%). Serum was obtained before (baseline) and monthly during the VLCD and from five of them (S5) after 2-3 mo of weight stability (refed) at 21 kg of loss. At baseline for S10, the serum phospholipid (PL) 20:4 omega 6 was 9.16 wt% and differed from normal (12.81 wt%) by P less than 0.0001, but cholesterol ester (CE) 20:4 omega 6 did not differ from normal. During 3 mo of VLCD, the S10 serum PL and CE 18:2 omega 6 fell (P less than 0.005 and 0.0001, respectively). Serum PL 20:4 omega 6 rose to normal during VLCD months 1-3 (P less than 0.01) while the serum CE 20:4 omega 6 rose above normal (P less than 0.0002). During the VLCD, S5 results paralleled S10. However when refed, S5 PL and CE 18:2 omega 6 and 20:4 omega 6 all reverted to baseline (PL 20:4 omega 6 below normal, P less than 0.001). Serum PL 20:4 omega 6 is low in moderate obesity, corrects to normal during a VLCD, but regresses to the predict abnormality after weight loss.


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