Effects of gum Arabic ingestion on body mass index and body fat percentage in healthy adult females: Two-arm randomized, placebo controlled, double-blind trial

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Babiker, Rasha ^a   Merghani, Tarig H ^b   Elmusharaf, Khalifa ^c   Badi, Rehab M ^a   Lang, Florian ^d   Saeed, Amal M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABUK   (Saudi Arabia)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

BMI; Body fat percentage; Gum Arabic; Obesity

Indexed keywords

GUM ARABIC; PECTIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOATING; BODY FAT; BODY FAT CALIPER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TREATMENT DURATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; DIETARY FIBER; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; OBESITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; DIETARY FIBER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GUM ARABIC; HUMANS; OBESITY; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

ACACIA SENEGAL; ANIMALIA; POLLACHIUS;

EID: 84870858554     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-11-111     Document Type: Article

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