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. 2021 Jan;116(1):160-212.
doi: 10.36660/abc.20201340.

Position Statement on Fat Consumption and Cardiovascular Health - 2021

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Maria Cristina de Oliveira Izar  1 , Ana Maria Lottenberg  2   3 , Viviane Zorzanelli Rocha Giraldez  4 , Raul Dias Dos Santos Filho  4 , Roberta Marcondes Machado  3 , Adriana Bertolami  5 , Marcelo Heitor Vieira Assad  6 , José Francisco Kerr Saraiva  7 , André Arpad Faludi  5 , Annie Seixas Bello Moreira  8 , Bruno Geloneze  9 , Carlos Daniel Magnoni  5 , Carlos Scherr  10 , Cristiane Kovacs Amaral  5 , Daniel Branco de Araújo  5 , Dennys Esper Corrêa Cintra  9 , Edna Regina Nakandakare  11 , Francisco Antonio Helfenstein Fonseca  1 , Isabela Cardoso Pimentel Mota  5 , José Ernesto Dos Santos  11 , Juliana Tieko Kato  1 , Lis Mie Misuzawa Beda  3 , Lis Proença Vieira  12 , Marcelo Chiara Bertolami  5 , Marcelo Macedo Rogero  11 , Maria Silvia Ferrari Lavrador  13 , Miyoko Nakasato  4 , Nagila Raquel Teixeira Damasceno  11 , Renato Jorge Alves  14 , Roberta Soares Lara  15 , Rosana Perim Costa  16 , Valéria Arruda Machado  1
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Position Statement on Fat Consumption and Cardiovascular Health - 2021

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Maria Cristina de Oliveira Izar et al. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2021 Jan.

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    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] Arq Bras Cardiol. 2021 Apr;116(4):855. doi: 10.36660/abc.20210278. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2021. PMID: 33886741 Free PMC article. English, Portuguese.
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Figures

Figura 1
Figura 1. – Conteúdo de EPA e DHA em peixes (g/100 g)
Figura 2
Figura 2. – Conteúdo de ácidos graxos monoinsaturados, poli-insaturados e saturados em óleos vegetais (g/100 g)
Figura 3
Figura 3. – Conteúdo de ácidos graxos monoinsaturados, poli-insaturados, saturados e trans em carnes e ovos (g/100 g)
Figura 4
Figura 4. – Conteúdo de ácidos graxos saturados totais em alimentos lácteos (g/100 g)
Figure 1
Figure 1. – Content of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in fish (g/100 g)
Figure 2
Figure 2. – Content of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs), polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), and saturated fatty acids (SFAs) in vegetable oils (g/100 g)
Figure 3
Figure 3. – Content of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs), polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), saturated fatty acids (SFAs), and trans fatty acids in meats and eggs (g/100 g)
Figure 4
Figure 4. – Total content of saturated fatty acids in dairy products (g/100 g)
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