FDNS 4600 1st Edition Lecture 16Outline of Past Lecture I. What is Fortification?II. Folic Acid MandateIII. Food VehicleIV. DiscussionOutline of Current LectureI. Concern: higher mercury à heart disease (CHD) in prospective studiesII. How much mercury is considered safe?III. EPA report using NHANESCurrent LectureI. Concern: higher mercury à heart disease (CHD) in prospective studiesa. There was a concern with mercury in adults and heart disease. A cohort study was performed.b. Retrospective vs. prospectivei. Retrospective is not as strong because people cannot be remember or have recall bias. c. Since the Pooled RR crosses the 1.0 line, the data in non-conclusive.II. How much mercury is considered safe?a. EPA says that 0.1 ug/kg per person which is about 7 ug/day.b. FAO/WHO says 1/6 ug/kg/wk per person comes out to about 16. Ug/day.c. Hair is a good marker of exposure-i. < 1.2ii. NHANES shows that on average at the 90th percentile for young children is0.4 and children around childbearing years it was 1.4.1. Other 10% are over 1.4III. EPA report using NHANESa. What is NHANES? i. National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveyb. Focus on women of childbearing age – why?i. Concern for childc. Less likely to have high blood mercury nowThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.d. Fish intake about the same over this timee. Conclusions?i. Selection of lower mercury fishii. Other?1. The environment is cleaner (not as many coal
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