A low-carbohydrate diet is more effective in reducing body weight than healthy eating in both diabetic and non-diabetic subjects

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1430-1435

  Dyson, P A ^a   Beatty, S ^a   Matthews, D R ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Ketone levels; Obesity treatment; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; KETONE; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METFORMIN; SULFONYLUREA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIET THERAPY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; KETOGENESIS; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; KETONES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 36549014555     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2007.02290.x     Document Type: Article

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