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  1. Lotte Lauritzen

    1. Lotte Lauritzen is in the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.

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An adequate and sustainable supply and intake of nutritious food is essential to tackle major global health issues such as dietary deficiencies. Seafood, which in this context includes fish, shellfish and marine mammals, is rich in micronutrients (such as vitamin A, iron, vitamin B12 and calcium) needed to combat the most common such deficiencies. Seafood is also the dominant source of marine omega-3 fatty acids, which have many health-promoting effects. Writing in Nature, Golden et al.1 present ambitious research that puts seafood centre stage.

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Nature 598, 260-262 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02436-3

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