A multicentre weight loss study using a lowcalorie diet over 8 weeks: Regional differences in efficacy across eight European cities

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 143, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Papadaki, Angeliki ^a   Linardakis, Manolis ^a   Plada, Maria ^a   Larsen, Thomas M ^b   Van Baak, Marleen A ^c   Lindroos, Anna Karin ^d   Pfeiffer, Andreas F H ^e,f   Martinez, J Alfredo ^g   Handjieva Darlenska, Teodora ^h   Kunešová, Marie ⁱ   Holst, Claus ^j   Saris, Wim H M ^c   Astrup, Arne ^b   Kafatos, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^f CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^h National Multiprofile Transport Hospital   (Bulgaria)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^j The Capital Region   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

DiOGenes; LCD; Low calorie diets; Meal replacements; Obesity; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; DIET THERAPY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW CALORY DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; OBESITY; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BODY MASS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; GEOGRAPHY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATIENT; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT DROPOUTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO; WEIGHT LOSS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877701265     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: 14243997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2013.13721     Document Type: Article

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