Destined for greater obesity

Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1078-1079

  Hite, Adele H ^a   Meguid, Michael M ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREAL; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GOVERNMENT; GRAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; LOW FAT DIET; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM RESTRICTION; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; OBESITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052760318     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2011.07.003     Document Type: Editorial

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