Should weight-loss supplements be used for pediatric obesity?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 257-259

  Rogovik, Alex L ^b   Goldman, Ran D ^a,b  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b PRETx Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOBESITY AGENT; BETA HYDROXYMETHYLBUTYRATE; BRINDLEBERRY EXTRACT; CAFFEINE; CAPSAICIN; CARNITINE; CHITOSAN; CHROMIUM PICOLINATE; CITRUS AURANTIUM EXTRACT; CONJUGATED LINOLEIC ACID; EPHEDRINE; FUCUS VESICULOSUS EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE EXTRACT; HYDROXYCITRIC ACID; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; INOSINE; ISPAGULA; MANNAN; METHYLCELLULOSE; PECTIN; PHASEOLI FRUCTUS EXTRACT; PRASTERONE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN; THEOBROMINE; THEOPHYLLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; YOHIMBE EXTRACT;

BEAN; BERRY; BRINDLEBERRY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EVERGREEN; GINKGO BILOBA; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; MUNG BEAN; OBESITY; PHASEOLI FRUCTUS; REVIEW; RHUBARB; SOUR ORANGE; WHEAT; YOHIMBE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 63049108009     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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