Review: Efficacy of alginate supplementation in relation to appetite regulation and metabolic risk factors: Evidence from animal and human studies

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-144

  Georg Jensen, M ^a   Pedersen, C ^b   Kristensen, M ^a   Frost, G ^c   Astrup, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alginate; Appetite; Body weight; Metabolic profile

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID;

APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CALORIC INTAKE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INSULIN RESPONSE; LIPID METABOLISM; MACRONUTRIENT; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; VISCOSITY; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; APPETITE DEPRESSANTS; APPETITE REGULATION; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; INSULIN; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84872168011     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2012.01056.x     Document Type: Article

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