A low-glycemic-load versus low-fat diet in the treatment of fatty liver in obese children

Childhood Obesity

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 252-260

  Ramon Krauel, Marta ^a,b   Salsberg, Sandra L ^a,b   Ebbeling, Cara B ^a,b   Voss, Stephan D ^a,b   Mulkern, Robert V ^a,b   Apura, Margaret M ^a   Cooke, Emily A ^a   Sarao, Karen ^a   Jonas, Maureen M ^a,b   Ludwig, David S ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LIPID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LOW CALORY DIET; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; METABOLISM; OBESITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHILD; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; DIET, REDUCING; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LIPIDS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; OBESITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84878915292     PISSN: 21532168     EISSN: 21532176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/chi.2013.0022     Document Type: Article

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