Catechin safely improved higher levels of fatness, blood pressure, and cholesterol in children

Obesity

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1338-1348

  Matsuyama, Takeshi ^a   Tanaka, Yuriko ^a   Kamimaki, Isamu ^b   Nagao, Tomonori ^c   Tokimitsu, Ichiro ^c  

^a Fussa Hospital   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; BEVERAGES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CATECHIN; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS;

EID: 44449163039     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.60     Document Type: Article

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