Fish, Fatty Acids, and Human Health

Three studies published in this issue of the Journal support the possibility that the consumption of fish may be of special benefit to human health. One of the studies1 shows that the consumption offish by a group of Dutch men correlated inversely with death due to heart disease during a 20-year follow-up period. This result is of special interest because it was obtained with a prospective approach, because an average daily intake of only 30 g offish had a substantial protective effect, and because the relation between fish consumption and death from coronary heart disease seemed to be independent of . . .