A controlled trial of reduced meal frequency without caloric restriction in healthy, normal-weight, middle-aged adults

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 981-988

  Stote, Kim S ^a   Baer, David J ^a   Spears, Karen ^a   Paul, David R ^a   Harris, G Keith ^a   Rumpler, William V ^a   Strycula, Pilar ^b   Najjar, Samer S ^b   Ferrucci, Luigi ^b   Ingram, Donald K ^b   Longo, Dan L ^b   Mattson, Mark P ^b  

^a BELTSVILLE HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Intramural Research Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Caloric restriction; Cholesterol metabolism; Controlled diet; Intermittent fasting; Meal frequency; Normal weight adults

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROCORTISONE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34147154023     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/85.4.981     Document Type: Article

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