A Vegetarian Diet for Weight Management

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 816-818

  Thedford, Kimberly ^a   Raj, Sudha ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; VEGETARIAN DIET; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET, VEGETARIAN; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OBESITY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 79956339377     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2011.04.014     Document Type: Article

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