combat obesity with a balance of omega-3 and omega-6 the balance helps control health image credits: camilo rueda l<u+00f3>pez/flickr . 




to tackle growing obesity rates, diets need to include more omega-3 fatty acids and fewer omega-6s, according to a new report published in the online journal open heart. 




the group of experts believe a better balance of omega-3 and -6 in the diet is a more effective way of improving health than current nutrition policies, which focus on calories and energy expenditure and have <u+201c>failed miserably over the past 30 years,<u+201d> say dr. artemis simopoulos of the center for genetics, nutrition, and health, washington dc, and dr. james dinicolantonio of saint luke<u+2019>s mid america heart institute, kansas. 




but technological advances and modern farming methods have changed the omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acid ratio in the typical western diet.
combat obesity with a balance of omega-3 and omega-6
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