Associations between dietary energy density and obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

Nutrition

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1037-1047

  Rouhani, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Haghighatdoost, Fahimeh ^a   Surkan, Pamela J ^b   Azadbakht, Leila ^a,c  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Body fat; Energy density; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSITY; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84969960083     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2016.03.017     Document Type: Review

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