Could calorie restriction increase longevity in humans?

Aging Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-4

  Redman, Leanne M ^a   Ravussin, Eric ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Caloric restriction; Human; Longevity; Mimetic; Primate; Rodent

Indexed keywords

RESVERATROL;

CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; METABOLIC RATE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33847270135     PISSN: 1745509X     EISSN: 17455103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/1745509X.3.1.1     Document Type: Editorial

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