Table 1.
Recommended weekly fish and/or daily omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 LC-PUFA) intakes from health organizations.
| Organizations | Focus | Recommendation |
Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly fish meal (112 g/serving) | Daily n−3 LC-PUFA (mg/day) | |||
| American Heart Association | Coronary heart disease (CHD) sufferers | 2 servings | 1000 | (Miller et al., 2011) |
| Individuals with hypertriglyceridemia | 2000–4000 | |||
| FAO/WHO Expert Consultation | For secondary prevention of CHD | 250-2000 of EPA+DHA | FAO/WHO (2008) | |
| American Diabetes Association | For primary prevention of CHD | at least 2 servings | Bantle et al. (2008) | |
| Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (JMHLW) | Individuals over the age of 2 | >1000 | JMHLW (2015) | |
| American Dietetic Association and Dietitians of Canada | For primary prevention of CHD | 2 servings | 500 of EPA+DHA | Kris-Etherton and Innis (2007) |
| Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics | All adults | 500 of EPA+DHA | Vannice and Rasmussen (2014) | |
| European Food Safety Authority | All adults | 1-2 servings | 250 of EPA+DHA | Tur, Bibiloni, Sureda, and Pons (2012) |
| French Food Safety Agency (FSSA) | Individuals over the age of 10 | 2 servings | 500 of EPA+DHA | FFSA (2010) |
| National Heart Foundation Australia (NHFA) | CHD sufferers | 2-3 servings | 250-500 of EPA+DHA | NHFA (2015) |
| Australia New Zealand National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) | Healthy female adults | 430 | NHMRC (2006) | |
| Healthy male adults | 610 | |||
FAO/WHO: Food and Agriculture Organization /World Health Organization.
NHMRC: The Australian and New Zealand National Health and Medical Research Council.