Increased eating frequency linked to decreased obesity and improved metabolic outcomes

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 136-141

  House, B T ^a   Shearrer, G E ^a   Miller, S J ^a   Pasch, K E ^b   Goran, M I ^c   Davis, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EATING; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC REGULATION; OBESITY; RISK REDUCTION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; BLOOD; CHILD NUTRITION; DIET RESTRICTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; METABOLISM; MINORITY GROUP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DIET RECORDS; ENERGY INTAKE; FASTING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84920662339     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2014.81     Document Type: Article

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