The Effects of Low-Carbohydrate versus Conventional Weight Loss Diets in Severely Obese Adults: One-Year Follow-up of a Randomized Trial

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 140, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Stern, Linda ^b   Iqbal, Nayyar ^b   Seshadri, Prakash ^b   Chicano, Kathryn L ^b   Daily, Denise A ^b   McGrory, Joyce ^b   Williams, Monica ^b   Gracely, Edward J ^b   Samaha, Frederick F ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLISM; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SYNDROME X; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 2442502479     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-140-10-200405180-00007     Document Type: Review

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