Monosodium glutamate is not associated with obesity or a greater prevalence of weight gain over 5 years: Findings from the Jiangsu Nutrition Study of Chinese adults

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 457-463

  Shi, Zumin ^a,b,c   Luscombe Marsh, Natalie D ^c   Wittert, Gary A ^c   Yuan, Baojun ^a   Dai, Yue ^a   Pan, Xiaoqun ^a   Taylor, Anne W ^b,c  

^a JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body weight gain; Dietary glutamate; Energy intake; Human studies; Longitudinal studies

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE SODIUM; FOOD ADDITIVE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RICE; SEX; WEIGHT GAIN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED;

ANIMALIA;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD ADDITIVES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ORYZA SATIVA; SODIUM GLUTAMATE; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955493082     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510000760     Document Type: Article

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