Position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Health Implications of Dietary Fiber

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1861-1870

  Dahl, Wendy J ^a   Stewart, Maria L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREBIOTIC AGENT;

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; DIETETICS; FABACEAE; FEMALE; FRUIT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEWBORN; NUT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGANIZATION; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE; WHOLE GRAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DIETETICS; FABACEAE; FEMALE; FRUIT; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTS; PREBIOTICS; PREGNANCY; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES; WHOLE GRAINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945128614     PISSN: 22122672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2015.09.003     Document Type: Article

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