Effects of Vegetable Consumption on Weight Loss: A Review of the Evidence with Implications for Design of Randomized Controlled Trials

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1529-1538

  Tapsell, Linda Clare ^a   Dunning, Alicia ^a   Warensjo, Eva ^b   Lyons Wall, Philippa ^a   Dehlsen, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

evidence; Vegetables; weight loss

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; NUTRITION; SEARCH ENGINES;

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; CONSUMPTION PATTERNS; EVIDENCE; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT-LOSS PROGRAM;

VEGETABLES;

DIET; DIET THERAPY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OBESITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; VEGETABLE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

DIET; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OVERWEIGHT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VEGETABLES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84896849222     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2011.642029     Document Type: Review

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