Dark chocolate consumption and lower HbA1c in children with diabetes: Direct cause or pure happiness?

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 333-334

  Scaramuzza, Andrea E ^a   Zuccotti, Gian Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Chocolate; Glycaemic control; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; CACAO; CHILD; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN TREATMENT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET;

CACAO; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84924536187     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2015.01.007     Document Type: Letter

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