Nutrition Review: Dietary Considerations for Obesity Treatment

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 433-436

  Melanson, Kathleen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

nutrition; overweight; reducing diets; weight loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990403673     PISSN: 15598276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1559827607307245.     Document Type: Review

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