Defining a healthy diet: Evidence for the role of contemporary dietary patterns in health and disease

Nutrients

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2020, Pages

  Cena, Hellas ^a,b   Calder, Philip C ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Healthy dietary patterns; Macronutrients; Micronutrients; Non communicable diseases; Non essential nutrients; Plant based diets

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER;

DASH DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DIETARY PATTERN; DISEASE RISK ASSESSMENT; FAT INTAKE; FOOD; FRUIT; HEALTHY DIET; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LEGUME; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MACRONUTRIENT; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MIND DIET; NORDIC DIET; NUT; PLANT SEED; PROCESSED MEAT; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; VEGETABLE; WESTERN DIET; WHOLE GRAIN; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR;

DIET SURVEYS; DIET, HEALTHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS;

EID: 85078902600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu12020334     Document Type: Review

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