Body weight, lifestyle, dietary habits and gastroesophageal reflux disease

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1690-1701

  Festi, Davide ^a,b   Scaioli, Eleonora ^a,b   Baldi, Fabio ^a,b   Vestito, Amanda ^a,b   Pasqui, Francesca ^a,b   Di Biase, Anna Rita ^a,b   Colecchia, Antonio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Food intake; Food questionnaire; Heartburn; Obesity; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; COFFEE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; ETHNICITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HIATUS HERNIA; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIFESTYLE; LIPID DIET; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; EXERCISE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE; FOOD HABITS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 65649138818     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.1690     Document Type: Review

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