Whole grains and adiposity: Little association among British adults

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 229-237

  Thane, C W ^a   Stephen, A M ^a   Jebb, S A ^a  

^a MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GRAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CEREALS; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59849128461     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602911     Document Type: Article

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