Accuracy of the Atwater factors and related food energy conversion factors with low-fat, high-fiber diets when energy intake is reduced spontaneously

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1649-1656

  Zou, Maggie L ^a   Moughan, Paul J ^a   Awati, Ajay ^a   Livesey, Geoffrey ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Independent Nutrition Logic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atwater factors; Dietary fiber; Digestibility; Energy density; Metabolizable energy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID DIET; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NORMAL HUMAN; URINARY EXCRETION; VEGETABLE;

EID: 36849025378     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/86.6.1649     Document Type: Article

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