Relatively high-protein or 'low-carb' energy-restricted diets for body weight loss and body weight maintenance?

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 374-380

  Soenen, Stijn ^a,b   Bonomi, Alberto G ^a   Lemmens, Sofie G T ^a   Scholte, Jolande ^c   Thijssen, Myriam A M A ^c   Van Berkum, Frank ^c   Westerterp Plantenga, Margriet S ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^c TWENTEBORG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body composition; High protein; Low carb; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENERGY YIELD; FAT MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84867219240     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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