Liver fat accumulation in response to overfeeding with a high-fat diet: A comparison between South Asian and Caucasian men

Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wulan, Siti N ^a,b   Schrauwen Hinderling, Vera B ^a,c   Westerterp, Klaas R ^a   Plasqui, Guy ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BRAWIJAYA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body fat distribution; Liver fat content; Overfeeding; South Asian men

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID DIET; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVERNUTRITION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOUTH ASIAN;

EID: 84929613669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17437075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12986-015-0015-4     Document Type: Article

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