A whole-grain diet reduces cardiovascular risk factors in overweight and obese adults: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 146, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2244-2251

  Kirwan, John P ^a   Malin, Steven K ^a   Scelsi, Amanda R ^a   Kullman, Emily L ^a   Navaneethan, Sankar D ^a   Pagadala, Mangesh R ^a   Haus, Jacob M ^a   Filion, Julianne ^a   Godin, Jean Philippe ^b   Kochhar, Sunil ^b   Ross, Alastair B ^b,c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease; Diet; Obesity; Whole grain

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFINED GRAIN; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WHOLE GRAIN; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; WHOLE GRAINS;

EID: 84995488481     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.116.230508     Document Type: Article

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