## 3 Results
### Effective Intake for Total and Specific Fatty Acids
#### Children 1-2 Years
Surprisingly, data from the National Study in Turkey show an exceptionally high LA intake of 9.1%E [14]. ALA intake was below the recommendation in 50% of studies. Daily EPA + DHA intake ranged from 24.7 to 152 mg and was below the FAO/WHO recommendation of 100 mg/day in 7 of the 10 studies for which these data were recovered, except two local studies done in Vancouver (Coastal area in Canada) [49; 52] and one subnational study done in urban areas in Spain [89] with daily intakes of 100, 152 and 130 mg, respectively. EPA + DHA consumption was below the EFSA recommendation (250 mg/day) in all studies. Among this age group, two studies, one in Canada [48] and one in Ireland [83] reported intakes which were all outside of the recommendations: intakes of total fat, ALA and DHA were below and saturated fat was above the recommendations, while LA was not reported. Children 3-5 Years  
Total fat intake ranged from 12.9 to 38.8%E. It was below 25%E in 16% of studies and above 35%E in 17% of studies. Total SFA intake ranged from 3.4% to 14.9%E and was above the recommendation of 10%E in 69% of the studies, notably in all studies done in Europe and Oceania. Total SFA intake was less than 8%E in only two studies, one in South Africa [44] (sub-group aged 4-5.9 years from one settlement) and one in Bangladesh [60], two populations where fat consumption was low (23.8%E and 12.9%E, respectively). LA intake was within the FAO recommendation of 2%E in all studies and below the EFSA AI in 41% of studies. Data from the National Study in Turkey show an exceptionally high LA intake of 9.1%E [14]. ALA intake was below the recommendation in 42% of the studies. EPA + DHA intake ranged from 24.7 to 184 mg and was below the FAO/WHO recommendation of 125 mg/day in 9 of the 14 studies done in 11 countries for which these data were recovered. Studies with an intake >125 mg/day were two local studies (one in Vancouver (Coastal area in Canada) [49]; one in Japan [63], one sub-national study in urban areas in Spain) [89] and two national studies (France [79] and Sweden [91] with daily intakes ranging from 130 to 184 mg/day. EPA + DHA intake was below the EFSA recommendations of 250 mg/day in all studies. Children 5-7 Years  
Total fat intake ranged between 17.8 and 42.8%E. It was below 25%E in 9% of studies and above the upper range of the recommendation in 19% of studies. Intake of SFA ranged from 7.9% to 15.4%E and was above the 10%E recommendation in 73% of the studies, notably in all of the studies done in Europe and in Oceania. Total SFA intake was less than 8%E in only a population sub-group (aged 4-5.9 years from one settlement) in a study from South Africa [44], where fat consumption was low (23.8%E). LA intake was within the FAO/WHO recommendation for all studies and below the EFSA AI in 50% of studies. As per the other age groups, data from the National Study in Turkey showed an exceptionally high LA intake of 9.8%E [14]. ALA intake was below the AI in 42% of studies. EPA + DHA intake ranged from 30 to 144 mg and was below the FAO/WHO recommendation of 175 mg per day in all 11 studies for which DHA data was recovered for 5-7 years old children, done in 10 countries. Among this age group, three studies in Europe reported intakeswhich did not meet the recommendation for total and saturated fat (too high), and ALA and DHA (too low) [79; 82; 89], despite having intakes of LA within 2-4% of energy.