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for human health. This has to be addressed besides the challenges of maintaining

product stability, identity, quality and functionality that may be altered through

different processing procedures. In addition, economic, cultural and religious aspects

and environment strongly influence the overall consumption of the sources of the

health affecting fatty acids thereby requiring a more practical approach to solve diet

issues. The news media is therefore encouraged to work closely with researchers in

order to disseminate factual data that may help improve healthy eating habits among

the general public, thereby improving the food and nutrition goals of the world.

Supply of the much needed CLA, n − 3 and n − 6 through fish and fish oils alone will

not be sustainable in future, therefore requires novel and innovative technologies and

reverting to under-utilised plant and animal food sources still dominant in low-

income, resource-poor and food ‗insecure‘ regions of the world. In addition, research

centred on all human health and fat content of food should be improved to gain

acceptance.

References

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policies Health Affairs, 21 (2) (2002), pp. 60–76

[2] A. Ahmed, K.A. Balogun, A. Bykova, K.C. Sukhinder Novel regulatory roles of

omega-3 fatty acids in metabolic pathways: A proteomics approach Nutrition

and Metabolism, 11 (2014), p. 6

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