A randomized trial of a low-carbohydrate diet for obesity

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 348, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 2082-2090

  Foster, Gary D ^a,e   Wyatt, Holly R ^b   Hill, James O ^b   McGuckin, Brian G ^a   Brill, Carrie ^b   Mohammed, B Selma ^c   Szapary, Philippe O ^a   Rader, Daniel J ^a   Edman, Joel S ^d   Klein, Samuel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESPONSE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID DIET; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; DIET, REDUCING; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0037737900     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa022207     Document Type: Article

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