Weight loss diet studies: we need help not hype

The Lancet

Volumn 388, Issue 10047, 2016, Pages 849-851

  Freedhoff, Yoni ^a   Hall, Kevin D ^b  

^a Bariatric Medical Institute   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIC INTAKE; DIET; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; LOW FAT DIET; MACRONUTRIENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NOTE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COMORBIDITY; COOKING; DIET THERAPY; EMPLOYMENT; LIFESTYLE; LOW CALORY DIET; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WEIGHT GAIN;

COMORBIDITY; COOKING; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; DIET, REDUCING; EMPLOYMENT; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84988487366     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31338-1     Document Type: Note

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