Dietary approaches to obesity

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 488-498

  Dubnov Raz, Gal ^a   Berry, Elliot M ^b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

adiposity; carbohydrates; diet; fat; nutrition; obesity; overweight; weight loss

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET THERAPY; EATING HABIT; ENERGY BALANCE; EXERCISE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOW CALORY DIET; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; LOW FAT DIET; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELLBEING;

DIET, REDUCING; ENERGY INTAKE; HUMANS; OBESITY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 78449239781     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: 19317581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msj.20210     Document Type: Review

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