The significance of protein in food intake and body weight regulation

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 635-638

  Westerterp Plantenga, Margriet S ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body weight regulation; Energy efficiency; Food intake regulation; Satiety; Thermogenesis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; ENERGY BALANCE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MACRONUTRIENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW; SATIETY; THERMOGENESIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD PREFERENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; RATS; SATIETY RESPONSE; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 2042508732     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075197-200311000-00005     Document Type: Review

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