Weighing in on glycemic index and body weight

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 677-679

  Pereira, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; EDITORIAL; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; UPREGULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ANIMAL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BLOOD; DIETARY FIBER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYPERINSULINISM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; SUGAR INTAKE;

ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY SUCROSE; FOOD HABITS; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; HYPERINSULINISM; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33750630872     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/84.4.677     Document Type: Editorial

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