Physician's guide to popular low-carbohydrate weight-loss diets

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 761-774

  Blackburn, George L ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Phillips, Judy C C ^g,h   Morreale, Susan ^g,h  

^a Department of Surgery and Nutrition   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Nutrition Support Service   (United States)

^d Ctr for the Stud of Nutr Medicine   (United States)

^e Surgical Therapy for Severe Obesity   (United States)

^f BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Ctr Nutritional Res Charitable T

^h Centers for Obesity Res and Educ   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; DIET THERAPY; HUMAN; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

DIET FADS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; HUMANS; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0035459609     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.68.9.761     Document Type: Review

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