Whole grain and fiber consumption are associated with lower body weight measures in US adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2004

Nutrition Research

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 815-822

  O'Neil, Carol E ^a   Zanovec, Michael ^a   Cho, Susan S ^b   Nicklas, Theresa A ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NutraSource   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Fiber; NHANES; Obesity; Overweight; Whole grains

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLANT FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CEREALS; DIETARY FIBER; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649945308     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2010.10.013     Document Type: Article

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