Social and cultural acceptability of fat reduced diets among Danish overweight subjects: High-protein versus high-carbohydrate diets

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-50

  Holm, Lotte ^a   Hoff, Anders ^a   Erichsen, Lars ^a   Møhl, Mette ^a   Toubro, Søren ^a   Astrup, Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Cultural aspects; Culture; Gender; Meal format; Obesity; Practical aspects; Protein diet; Social aspects; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 34648822751     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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