Body weight and some biochemical changes associated with Ramadan fasting in healthy Saudi men

Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 112-116

  Al Numair, Khalid ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Energy intake; Fasting; Lipid profile

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOSLEM; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33644611281     PISSN: 16824474     EISSN: 18125727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jms.2006.112.116     Document Type: Article

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