Effects of an Ad Libitum Low-Fat, High-Carbohydrate Diet on Body Weight, Body Composition, and Fat Distribution in Older Men and Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 210-217

  Hays, Nicholas P ^a   Starling, Raymond D ^a,b   Liu, Xiaolan ^a   Sullivan, Dennis H ^a   Trappe, Todd A ^a   Fluckey, James D ^a   Evans, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; LIPID METABOLISM; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; ENERGY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 0942298200     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.2.210     Document Type: Article

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