Two-year changes in lipids and lipoproteins associated with the maintenance of a 5 % to 10% reduction in initial weight: some findings and some questions

Obesity Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 170-178

  Wadden, Thomas A ^a   Anderson, Drew A ^a   Foster, Gary D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Females; Low caloric diets; Triglycerides; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW CALORY DIET; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIET, REDUCING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIGLYCERIDES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0033093222     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1999.tb00699.x     Document Type: Article

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