Psychological and metabolic responses of carbohydrate craving obese patients to carbohydrate, fat and protein-rich meals

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 860-864

  Toornvliet, A C ^a   Pijl, H ^a   Tuinenburg, J C ^a   Elte De Wever, B M ^a   Pieters, Msm ^b   Frolich M ^a   Onkenhout, W ^a   Meinders, A E ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE FOR HUMAN DRUG RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Carbohydrate craving; Mood; Obesity; Performance

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANGER; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FAT INTAKE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLISM; MOOD; NEUROTRANSMISSION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0030882045     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800470     Document Type: Article

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