Habitual Chocolate Consumption May Increase Body Weight in a Dose-Response Manner

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Greenberg, James A ^a   Buijsse, Brian ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CACAO; CALORIC INTAKE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; WEIGHT GAIN;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CACAO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84881350889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070271     Document Type: Article

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