Comparison of Effects of Long-Term Low-Fat vs High-Fat Diets on Blood Lipid Levels in Overweight orObese Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1640-1661

  Schwingshackl, Lukas ^a   Hoffmann, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Blood lipids; Low carbohydrate; Low fat; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD LIPIDS; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID DIET; LOW CARBOHYDRATE; LOW FAT; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME;

BLOOD LIPIDS; LOW CARBOHYDRATE; LOW FAT; META-ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; ENERGY INTAKE; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MEDLINE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84887621320     PISSN: 22122672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2013.07.010     Document Type: Article

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