Breakfast frequency and quality in the etiology of adult obesity and chronic diseases

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 268-281

  Timlin, Maureen T ^a   Pereira, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Breakfast; Cereal; Chronic disease; Meal frequency; Obesity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LIPID;

BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; LIPID METABOLISM; MEAL; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EATING; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

APPETITE REGULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; OBESITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547230323     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1301/nr.2007.jun.268-281     Document Type: Review

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