Meta-analysis of variance: An illustration comparing the effects of two dietary interventions on variability in weight

Evolution, Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 2016, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 244-255

  Senior, Alistair M ^a   Gosby, Alison K ^a   Lu, Jing ^a   Simpson, Stephen J ^a   Raubenheimer, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diet; Effect size; Low carbohydrate; Nutrition; Obesity; Standard deviation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC RESTRICTION; HUMAN; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 85017403972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20506201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/EMPH/EOW020     Document Type: Article

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