Fish consumption is not a characteristic of the diet of every European culture. In the thirteen cohorts of the five European countries that participate in the Seven Countries Study the fish consumption varied between no fish in Velika Krsna (Serbia) and an average of about 95 g/d in Dalmatia (Croatia) (Kromhout et al. 1989). Even higher intakes were observed among fishermen in Japan (250 g/d) a...

Fish consumption has shown its benefits for cognitive functioning in the elderly or children with disorders (e.g., autism, ADHD), but has rarely been investigated in relation to cognitive performance and school performance of healthy adolescents. We executed an observational study in 700 Dutch high school students aged 12-18 years. Fish consumption data, end term grades, scores on the Amsterdam...

PURPOSE: This technical note presents the results of incorporating a fish bioenergetics module into CE-QUAL-ICM, a spatially explicit eutrophication model. In addition to fish consumption of algae, zooplankton, and detritus, fish biomass accumulation and recycling to the water column are explicitly accounted for. Schools of fish are tracked individually, allowing for spatial resolution of their...

The consumption of fish provides utilization of proteins of high biological value, certain minerals, and vitamins. Additionally, fish and fish oil are rich sources of omega-3 fatty acids. Sardine (Sardina pilchardus) and salmon (Salmo salar) are fish species rich in omega-3 PUFAs. On the other hand, fish is usually cooked in different ways before consumption and heat treatment can lead to undes...

OBJECTIVE To build a comprehensive overview of the potential role of fish in improving nutrition with respect to certain micronutrient deficiencies in developing countries. DESIGN A comprehensive literature review was completed. For this the electronic library databases ASFA, CABD and Scopus were systematically searched and relevant references cited in these sources were carefully analysed. T...

Spontaneous fetal death has been observed among various mammalian species after exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Our exposure-based cohort study assessed the relationship between consumption of PCB-contaminated Lake Ontario sport fish and spontaneous fetal death using 1820 multigravid fertile women from the 1990-1991 New York State Angler Cohort Study. Fish consumption data were ob...

The use and interpretation of fish consumption surveys and interviews, the application of fish consumption rates for sediment evaluation and cleanup, and the development of human health water quality criteria (HH WQC) are complex and interrelated issues. The present article focuses on these issues using examples from the United States, although the issues may be relevant for other countries. So...

OBJECTIVE Fish is the most important animal-source food (ASF) in Bangladesh, produced from capture fisheries (non-farmed) and aquaculture (farmed) sub-sectors. Large differences in micronutrient content of fish species from these sub-sectors exist. The importance of fish in diets of vulnerable groups compared with other ASF; contribution from non-farmed and farmed species to nutrient intakes; a...

BACKGROUND Estimates of exposure to toxicants are predominantly obtained from single time-point data. Fish consumption guidance based on these data may be incomplete, as recommendations are unlikely to consider impact from factors such as intraindividual variability, seasonal differences in consumption behavior, and species consumed. OBJECTIVES/METHODS We studied populations of Korean (n = 10...

1. Establishing reliable estimates of consumption is necessary for understanding the physiology, bioenergetics and trophic relationships of organisms. For fish, the inability to measure consumption directly prevents a mechanistic understanding of habitat– foraging relationships. Building upon established models for 137 caesium (Cs) mass balance in fish, we used natural abundances of a stable ge...