Evidence-based nutritional recommendations for the prevention and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults (FESNAD-SEEDO consensus document). The role of diet in obesity treatment (III/III);Recomendaciones nutricionales basadas en la evidencia para la prevención y el tratamiento del sobrepeso y la obesidad en adultos (consenso FESNAD-SEEDO). la dieta en el tratamiento de la obesidad (III/III)

Nutricion Hospitalaria

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 833-864

  Gargallo Fernandez Manuel M ^a   Breton Lesmes, I ^b   Basulto Marset, J ^c   Quiles Izquierdo, J ^f   Formiguera Sala, X ^d   Salas Salvado J ^e  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INFANTA LEONOR   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^c Centro Superior de Investigacion en Salud Publica   (Spain)

^d Fundación SEEDO   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Diet; Nutrition; Obesity; Overweight; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BARIATRIC SURGERY; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CONSENSUS; DIET; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY FIBER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REVIEW; SPAIN;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CONSENSUS; DIET; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DIETARY FIBER; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOOD; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SPAIN;

EID: 84861781634     PISSN: 02121611     EISSN: 16995198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3305/nh.2012.27.3.5680     Document Type: Article

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