The dietary approach to obesity: Is it the diet or the disorder?

JAMA

Volumn 293, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 96-97

  Eckel, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATKINS DIET; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET THERAPY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LIPID DIET; LOW CALORY DIET; LOW FAT DIET; OBESITY; ORNISH DIET; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WEIGHT WATCHERS DIET; ZONE DIET;

EID: 11244255208     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.293.1.96     Document Type: Editorial

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