How justifiable is it to distort the energy profile of a diet to obtain benefits in body weight control?
Open Access
- 1 November 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Vol. 82 (5), 1140-1141
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/82.5.1140
Abstract
We read with great interest the excellent article by Luscombe-Marsh et al (1). Without doubt, this study provides valuable information on the complex subject of weight control and the fight against obesity (2). However, the article raises some questions.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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