A Mediterranean diet pattern with low consumption of liquid sweets and refined cereals is negatively associated with adiposity in adults from rural Lebanon

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 251-258

  Issa, C ^a,b,c   Darmon, N ^a,b,c   Salameh, P ^d   Maillot, M ^a,b,c   Batal, M ^e   Lairon, D ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

body mass index; developing country; Mediterranean diet; nutrition; scores; waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREAL; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 79951677404     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2010.130     Document Type: Article

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