Beer consumption and the 'beer belly': Scientific basis or common belief?

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1143-1149

  Schutze M ^a   Schulz, M ^a   Steffen, A ^a   Bergmann, M M ^a   Kroke, A ^b   Lissner, L ^c   Boeing, H ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b FULDA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BEER; BEER BELLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIP; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEER; BODY SIZE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 70249114755     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2009.39     Document Type: Article

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