Effect of 6-month adherence to a very low carbohydrate diet program

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 30-36

  Westman, Eric C ^a,b,d   Yancy, William S ^a,b   Edman, Joel S ^c   Tomlin, Keith F ^a   Perkins, Christine E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Division of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0036063448     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01129-4     Document Type: Article

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