Long term weight maintenance after advice to consume low carbohydrate, higher protein diets - A systematic review and meta analysis

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 224-235

  Clifton, P M ^a   Condo, D ^a,b   Keogh, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Percentage protein; Protein; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT MASS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CARBOHYDRATE; PERCENTAGE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

ADIPOSITY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; DIET, REDUCING; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY PROTEINS; HUMANS; INSULIN; LIPIDS; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84895796241     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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