Ready-to-eat cereals and the burden of obesity in the context of their nutritional contribution: Are all ready-to-eat cereals equally healthy? A systematic review

Nutrition Research Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 314-322

  Kosti, Rena I ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^b   Zampelas, Antonis ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

BMI; Nutritional status; Obesity; Ready to eat cereals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREAL; FOOD INTAKE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; GLYCEMIC LOAD; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OBESITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY WEIGHT; CEREALS; DIETARY FIBER; ENERGY INTAKE; FAST FOODS; FOOD HANDLING; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 78650580004     PISSN: 09544224     EISSN: 14752700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095442241000020X     Document Type: Article

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