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The health benefits or hazards associated with fish consumption will require added attention to origin of fish - marine or fresh water - given the reported differences in stores of polyunsaturated fatty acids and N-3 fatty acid between the two types of fish [ 44 45 46 47 ] . Levels of N-3 fatty acids vary by fish species, oil content of fish, sex and age of fish, and factors exogenous to fish such as water temperature [ 47 48 ] . Oily fish from cold waters (whether marine or fresh bodies of water) are reported to have higher levels of N-3 fatty acids in comparison to fish from warmer bodies [ 45 47 ] . The ratio of N-3 to N-6 fatty acids has recently been suggested as being associated with gestation and birth weight [ 49 ] and this ratio is approximately four-times greater in marine fish in comparison to fresh water fish [ 45 ] . Type and species-specific fish consumption will remain important considerations in assessing exposure scenarios based on fish consumption.
This film is "about the upsizing of Michael Moore," who is guilty of "oily smugness and sublime narcissism" (Stephen Hunter, the Washington Post ).
(Watch carefully and you can actually see him exuding contempt, like the oily haze that rises off airplane engines on a hot day.)
(In the latter, his deep voice sounded great with a German accent, at once oily and metallic.)
In a phone interview Thursday night, Brock was not as oily as Chatterbox had hoped he'd be.