Diet patterns, adipokines, and metabolism: Where are we and what is next?

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 168-177

  Ko, Byung Joon ^a,b   Park, Kyung Hee ^a,c   Mantzoros, Christos S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adipokine; Diet pattern; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LEPTIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE METABOLISM; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; LOW FAT DIET; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOKINE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BMI; BODY MASS INDEX; BP; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CRP; CVD; DIET PATTERN; HDL-C; HIGH-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMA-IR; HOMEOSTASIS MODEL ASSESSMENT OF INSULIN RESISTANCE; LDL-C; LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METABOLISM; SSB; SUGAR-SWEETENED BEVERAGE; TG; TRIGLYCERIDE;

ADIPOKINES; ANIMALS; ASIA; BEVERAGES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUCROSE; FISHES; FOOD HABITS; FRUCTOSE; FRUIT; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MEAT; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; SWEETENING AGENTS; TRIGLYCERIDES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84892671029     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: 15328600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2013.11.004     Document Type: Editorial

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