Fruit and vegetable consumption and changes in anthropometric variables in adult populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Schwingshackl, Lukas ^a,b   Hoffmann, Georg ^b   Kalle Uhlmann, Tamara ^a   Arregui, Maria ^a   Buijsse, Brian ^a   Boeing, Heiner ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EATING HABIT; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT CONSUMPTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET THERAPY; EATING; FEMALE; FRUIT; MALE; MEDLINE; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; EATING; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBMED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84949227252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140846     Document Type: Article

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