Increased meal frequency does not promote greater weight loss in subjects who were prescribed an 8-week equi-energetic energy-restricted diet

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1098-1101

  Cameron, Jameason D ^a   Cyr, Marie Josée ^a   Doucet, Éric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appetite; Gut peptides; Meal frequency; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; PEPTIDE YY;

ADULT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; OBESITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BLOOD; EATING; HISTOLOGY; LOW CALORY DIET; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; APPETITE; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET, REDUCING; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GHRELIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE YY; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77951626084     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114509992984     Document Type: Article

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