Should a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet be recommended for everyone?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 337, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 562-563

  Connor, William E ^a   Connor, Sonja L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANCER PREVENTION; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW FAT DIET; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030811077     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199708213370811     Document Type: Short Survey

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