The shortest way to reach nutritional goals is to adopt Mediterranean food choices: Evidence from computer-generated personalized diets

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1127-1137

  Maillot, Matthieu ^a,b   Issa, Carine ^a,b   Vieux, Florent ^a,b   Lairon, Denis ^a,b,c   Darmon, Nicole ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; MINERAL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROTEIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SODIUM; SUGAR; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FIBER; FISH; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GRAIN; HUMAN; LEGUME; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PROTEIN INTAKE; SHELLFISH; SODIUM INTAKE; SUGAR INTAKE; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIET RECORDS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS;

EID: 80053214604     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.111.016501     Document Type: Article

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