Effects of a low-glycemic load diet in overweight and obese pregnant women: A pilot randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1306-1315

  Rhodes, Erinn T ^a,b   Pawlak, Dorota B ^a,c   Takoudes, Tamara C ^d   Ebbeling, Cara B ^a,b   Feldman, Henry A ^a,b   Lovesky, Margaret M ^a   Cooke, Emily A ^a   Leidig, Michael M ^a,e   Ludwig, David S ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Australian Foundation for Diabetes Research   (Australia)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIET THERAPY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLYCEMIC LOAD; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIPIDS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 78651296710     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2010.30130     Document Type: Article

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