Can adverse effects of dietary fat intake be overestimated as a consequence of dietary fat underreporting?

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1322-1327

  Heitmann, Berit Lilienthal ^a,b   Lissner, Lauren ^c  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bias; Epidemiology; Fat intake; Obesity

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NITROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; DIET; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERROR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAT INTAKE; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NITROGEN URINE LEVEL; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DENMARK; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN; NUTRITION POLICY; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 31444437012     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2005750     Document Type: Article

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