Changes in body weight, blood pressure and selected metabolic biomarkers with an energy-restricted diet including twice daily sweet snacks and once daily sugar-free beverage

Nutrition Research and Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 695-704

  Nickols Richardson, Sharon M ^a   Piehowski, Kathryn E ^b   Metzgar, Catherine J ^a   Miller, Debra L ^c   Preston, Amy G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b The Hershey Company ^*  (United States)

^c The Hershey Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocoa; Dark chocolate; Dietary intervention; Obesity; Randomized comparative trial

Indexed keywords

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84916203273     PISSN: 19761457     EISSN: 20056168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4162/nrp.2014.8.6.695     Document Type: Article

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