Efficacy and safety of a high protein, low carbohydrate diet for weight loss in severely obese adolescents

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 252-258

  Krebs, Nancy F ^a   Gao, Dexiang ^a   Gralla, Jane ^a   Collins, Juliet S ^a   Johnson, Susan L ^a  

^a Nutrition Obesity Research Center at the University of Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGE; APPETITE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET THERAPY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; APPETITE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; SAFETY; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955295971     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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