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  1. Higher dietary intake of fibers and coffee, but lower red meat intake is associated with reduced risk for type 2 diabetes in epidemiological studies. We hypothesized that a calorie-restricted diet, which is hi...

    Authors: Yanislava Karusheva, Lejla Kunstein, Alessandra Bierwagen, Bettina Nowotny, Stefan Kabisch, Jan B. Groener, Ann Kristin Fleitmann, Christian Herder, Giovanni Pacini, Klaus Strassburger, Hans-Ulrich Häring, Peter P. Nawroth, Andreas F. H. Pfeiffer, Volker Burkart, Karsten Müssig, Michael Roden…

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:90

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  2. Several studies have identified a negative association between serum glycine (Gly) levels and metabolic syndrome (MetS). However, this association has not been fully established in the elderly.

    Authors: Xianghui Li, Liang Sun, Wenduo Zhang, Hongxia Li, Siming Wang, Hongna Mu, Qi Zhou, Ying Zhang, Yueming Tang, Yu Wang, Wenxiang Chen, Ruiyue Yang and Jun Dong

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:89

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  3. Although dietary patterns have been linked to chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, sparse data are available for a relationship between dietary patterns and incident chronic kidney disease (CKD) in...

    Authors: Golaleh Asghari, Mehrnaz Momenan, Emad Yuzbashian, Parvin Mirmiran and Fereidoun Azizi

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:88

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  4. In a previous study, we showed that consumption of diets enriched in saturated fatty acids causes changes in alternative splicing of pre-mRNAs encoding a number of proteins in rat skeletal muscle, including th...

    Authors: Adam J. Black, Rudolf J. Schilder and Scot R. Kimball

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:87

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  5. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a chronic and progressive liver disease with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. However, so far no specific pharmacotherapy has been approved. Gynostemma pe...

    Authors: Ning Jia, Xiaoyan Lin, Shizhan Ma, Shujian Ge, Shumin Mu, Chongbo Yang, Shulong Shi, Ling Gao, Jin Xu, Tao Bo and Jiajun Zhao

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:86

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  6. The current systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was conducted to summarize the effect of vitamin D supplementation on endothelial activation among patients with metabolic...

    Authors: Reza Tabrizi, Maryam Akbari, Kamran B. Lankarani, Seyed Taghi Heydari, Fariba Kolahdooz and Zatollah Asemi

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:85

    Content type: Review

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  7. It has been proved that coffee consumption was associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus. But the benefit effect of coffee on hyperglycemia in Chinese population was largely unknown. Besides, th...

    Authors: Fei Gao, Yinan Zhang, Sheng Ge, Huijuan Lu, Ruihua Chen, Pingyan Fang, Yixie Shen, Congrong Wang and Weiping Jia

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:84

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  8. Salvia hispanica seeds have been commonly used by people that seek healthy habits through natural foods to reduce cholesterol and triacylglycerides levels, however, the evidences that support this assumption are ...

    Authors: Cristiane Freitas Rodrigues, Willian Salgueiro, Matheus Bianchini, Juliana Cristina Veit, Robson Luiz Puntel, Tatiana Emanuelli, Cristiane Casagrande Dernadin and Daiana Silva Ávila

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:83

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  9. Consumption of fructose-rich diets has been implicated in the increasing global prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS). Interventions during periods of early ontogenic developmental plasticity can cause epige...

    Authors: Trevor T. Nyakudya, Emmanuel Mukwevho and Kennedy H. Erlwanger

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:82

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  10. Evidence has suggested a potential link exists between trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO), a choline-derived metabolite produced by gut microbiota, and some cancers, but little is known for primary liver cancer (PLC).

    Authors: Zhao-Yan Liu, Xu-Ying Tan, Qi-Jiong Li, Gong-Cheng Liao, Ai-Ping Fang, Dao-Ming Zhang, Pei-Yan Chen, Xiao-Yan Wang, Yun Luo, Jing-An Long, Rong-Huan Zhong and Hui-Lian Zhu

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:81

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  11. Fasting and especially intermittent fasting have been shown to be an effective intervention in many diseases, such as obesity and diabetes. The fasting-mimicking diet (FMD) has recently been found to ameliorat...

    Authors: Siying Wei, Ruomei Han, Jingyu Zhao, Shuo Wang, Meiqin Huang, Yining Wang and Yan Chen

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:80

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  12. Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), a glycoprotein synthesized by hepatocytes, has been linked to insulin resistance and hepatic lipid metabolism and is suggested to be associated with nonalcoholic fatty live...

    Authors: Jing Luo, Qian Chen, Tianran Shen, Xu Wang, Wanjun Fang, Xiaocai Wu, Zenan Yuan, Gengdong Chen, Wenhua Ling and Yuming Chen

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:79

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  13. Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) area is a strong predictor of obesity-related cardiometabolic alterations, but its measurement is costly, time consuming and, in some cases, involves radiation exposure. Glutamate...

    Authors: Ina Maltais-Payette, Marie-Michèle Boulet, Cornelia Prehn, Jerzy Adamski and André Tchernof

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:78

    Content type: Brief communication

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  14. Previous studies in teleost have demonstrated the adaptive strategy to maintain hepatic lipid homeostasis within certain limit. The excess of fat-intake could induce abnormal lipid deposition in liver but not ...

    Authors: Jie Wang, Xu-Fang Liang, Shan He, Jiao Li, Kang Huang, Yan-Peng Zhang and Dong Huang

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:77

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  15. Bariatric surgery is a widely adopted treatment for obesity and its secondary complications. In the past decade, microvesicles (MVs) and CD36 have increasingly been considered as possible biomarkers for obesit...

    Authors: Jaco Botha, Morten Hjuler Nielsen, Maja Høegh Christensen, Henrik Vestergaard and Aase Handberg

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:76

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  16. An ability to switch between primarily oxidizing fat in the fasted state to carbohydrate in the fed state, termed metabolic flexibility, is associated with insulin sensitivity. Metabolic flexibility has been e...

    Authors: Nicholas T. Broskey, Charmaine S. Tam, Elizabeth F. Sutton, Abby D. Altazan, Jeffrey H. Burton, Eric Ravussin and Leanne M Redman

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:75

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  18. Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common chronic diseases that accompanied by severe complications. Gynura divaricata (GD), a medicinal and edible plant that is usually used for the treatment of diabetes. Ther...

    Authors: Xiao-Lu Yin, Bing-Qing Xu and Yu-Qing Zhang

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:73

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  19. Advanced glycation end products (AGEs), a group of compounds that are formed by non-enzymatic reactions between carbonyl groups of reducing sugars and free amino groups of proteins, lipids or nucleic acids, ca...

    Authors: Jie-Hua Chen, Xu Lin, Cuihong Bu and Xuguang Zhang

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:72

    Content type: Review

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  20. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) covers a spectrum of lesions ranging from steatosis to a complex pattern, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Ultrasonography provides important information on hepati...

    Authors: Guozhen Cui, Robert C Martin, Xingkai Liu, Qianqian Zheng, Harshul Pandit, Ping Zhang, Wei Li and Yan Li

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:71

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  21. This study aimed to assess the association between the angiopoietin-like protein 4 gene (ANGPTL4) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and serum lipid levels, the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) and ische...

    Authors: Qian Yang, Rui-Xing Yin, Xiao-Li Cao, Feng Huang, Yi-Jiang Zhou and Wu-Xian Chen

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:70

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  22. Metabolic Syndrom has become a public health problem. It mainly results from the increased consumption of fat and sugar. In this context, the benefits of personalized moderate exercise training were investigat...

    Authors: Julie Dupas, Annie Feray, Anthony Guernec, Morgane Pengam, Manon Inizan, François Guerrero, Jacques Mansourati and Christelle Goanvec

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:69

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  23. MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a class of single-stranded non-coding RNA of about 22 nucleotides, are potent regulators of gene expression existing in both plants and animals. Recent studies showed that plant miRNAs coul...

    Authors: Zhiqing Li, Ruodan Xu and Ning Li

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:68

    Content type: Review

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    The Correction to this article has been published in Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:74

  24. Weight loss, especially fat mass reduction, helps to improve blood glucose control, insulin sensitivity, and β-cell function. This study aimed to compare the effect of exenatide and glargine on body compositio...

    Authors: Ting-Ting Yin, Yan Bi, Ping Li, Shan-Mei Shen, Wei-Min Wang, Can Jiang, Cai-Xia Gao, Yan Wang, Li-Jun Gao, Da-Long Zhu and Wen-Huan Feng

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:67

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  25. Increased oxidative stress and impaired antioxidant defense are important mechanisms in the pathogenesis of diabetic myopathy. Alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) has been indicated as a weight-loss treatment in rodents a...

    Authors: Oak-Kee Hong, Jang-Won Son, Hyuk-Sang Kwon, Seong-Su Lee, Sung-Rae Kim and Soon Jib Yoo

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:66

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  26. We previously reported on the anti-obesogenic and anti-inflammatory effects associated with n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) in our diet-induced obesity (DIO) mouse model. Two isocaloric hig...

    Authors: Stefanie Worsch, Mathias Heikenwalder, Hans Hauner and Bernhard L. Bader

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:65

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  27. Dietary interventions have been shown to attenuate some of the myocardial pathological alterations associated with obesity. This study evaluated the effect of dietary normalization from a fat/fructose/choleste...

    Authors: Laura Jul Andreasen, Simone Krog, Trine Pagh Ludvigsen, Ole Lerberg Nielsen, Jacob Eifer Møller, Berit Østergaard Christoffersen, Henrik Duelund Pedersen and Lisbeth Høier Olsen

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:64

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  28. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the hepatic component of metabolic syndrome. Despite the beneficial health effects of cardamom on dyslipidemia, hepatomegaly, and fasting hyperglycemia, no previous...

    Authors: Milad Daneshi-Maskooni, Seyed Ali Keshavarz, Mostafa Qorbani, Siavash Mansouri, Seyed Moayed Alavian, Mahtab Badri-Fariman, Seyed Ali Jazayeri-Tehrani and Gity Sotoudeh

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:63

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  29. Muscle protein synthesis and muscle net balance plateau after moderate protein ingestion in adults. However, it has been suggested that there is no practical limit to the anabolic response of whole-body net ba...

    Authors: Michael Mazzulla, Kimberly A. Volterman, Jeff E. Packer, Denise J. Wooding, Jahmal C. Brooks, Hiroyuki Kato and Daniel R. Moore

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:62

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  30. Regular-fat cheese does not seem to increase low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) concentrations compared to reduced-fat cheese. However, plasma LDL-C concentrations do not reflect levels and size of LD...

    Authors: Farinaz Raziani, Parvaneh Ebrahimi, Søren Balling Engelsen, Arne Astrup, Anne Raben and Tine Tholstrup

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:61

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  31. γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) is a major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system and reported to maintain the redox homeostasis and insulin secretion function of pancreatic β cells. This study t...

    Authors: Xue Tang, Renqiang Yu, Qin Zhou, Shanyu Jiang and Guowei Le

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:60

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  32. Previous studies have revealed the inductive effect of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) catabolism on fatty acid oxidation and metabolism, especially in muscle cells. In the present investigation, we have at...

    Authors: Navid Abedpoor, Farzaneh Taghian, Kamran Ghaedi, Iman Niktab, Zahra Safaeinejad, Farzaneh Rabiee, Sommayeh Tanhaei and Mohammad Hossein Nasr-Esfahani

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:59

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  33. The effects of vitamin D on the immune function of laying hens are not well understood. This study investigated the effects of vitamin D3 (VD3) on laying performance and immunological functions in laying hens und...

    Authors: Yanqiang Geng, Qiugang Ma, Zhong Wang and Yuming Guo

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:58

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  34. Individuals’ peak bone mineral density (BMD) achieved and maintained at ages 20–40 years is the most powerful predictor of low bone mass and osteoporotic fractures later in life. The aim of this study was to i...

    Authors: Qi Zhao, Hui Shen, Kuan-Jui Su, Ji-Gang Zhang, Qing Tian, Lan-Juan Zhao, Chuan Qiu, Qiang Zhang, Timothy J. Garrett, Jiawang Liu and Hong-Wen Deng

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:57

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  35. The aim in this study was to investigate the effect of vitamin D (25(OH)D3) supplementation on heat shock protein 60 (HSP 60) and other inflammatory markers (IL-17, TNF-α, PAB) in patients with coronary heart dis...

    Authors: Leila Sadat Bahrami, Seyed Hashem Sezavar Seyedi Jandaghi, Leila Janani, Mina Pahlavan, Seyed Mostafa Arabi, Homa Sadeghi and Mohammadreza Vafa

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:56

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  36. Reducing caloric intake is a proven intervention for mitigating and modulating morbidities associated with overnutrition. Caloric restriction is difficult to affect clinically, therefore, dietary interventions...

    Authors: Julie K. Bray, Gabriel S. Chiu, Leslie K. McNeil, Morgan L. Moon, Robyn Wall, Albert E. Towers and Gregory G. Freund

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:55

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  37. Very low carbohydrate (VLC) diets are used to promote weight loss and improve insulin resistance (IR) in obesity. Since the high fat content of VLC diets may predispose to hepatic steatosis and hepatic insulin...

    Authors: Kathleen V. Axen, Marianna A. Harper, Yu Fu Kuo and Kenneth Axen

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:54

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  38. Consumption of added sugars has been considered a worldwide public health concern by its association with metabolic syndrome and its comorbidities. Meanwhile, current studies have suggested high-protein diets ...

    Authors: Rosângela Maria Lopes Sousa, Nathalee Liberal Xavier Ribeiro, Bruno Araújo Serra Pinto, Jonas Rodrigues Sanches, Mariana Uchôa da Silva, Caio Fernando Ferreira Coêlho, Lucas Martins França, José Albuquerque de Figueiredo Neto and Antonio Marcus de Andrade Paes

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:53

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  39. Previous intervention studies have reported the association of the PPARG2 Pro12Ala (rs1801282) and IL6 -174G > C (rs1800795) polymorphisms with weight loss; however, their results are inconsistent. We aimed to in...

    Authors: Ana Paula Santos Rodrigues, Lorena Pereira Souza Rosa and Erika Aparecida Silveira

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:52

    Content type: Research

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  40. Obesity and comorbidities such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are major public health burdens. Alterations in lipid metabolism are involved in hepatic diseases. The objective of this study was to...

    Authors: Irene Cantero, Itziar Abete, Josep Maria del Bas, Antoni Caimari, Lluís Arola, M. Angeles Zulet and J. Alfredo Martinez

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:51

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  41. To examine the impact of changes in all lipid measures including total cholesterol (TC), log-transformed triglycerides (Ln-TG), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low density lipoprotein cholesterol...

    Authors: Pegah Khaloo, Mitra Hasheminia, Maryam Tohidi, Hengameh Abdi, Mohammad Ali Mansournia, Fereidoun Azizi and Farzad Hadaegh

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:50

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  42. Excess weight is a strong risk factor for the development of dysglycaemia. It has been suggested that changes in the metabolism microRNAs, small non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression, could precede lat...

    Authors: Rafaella Cristhine Pordeus Luna, Mayara Karla dos Santos Nunes, Mussara Gomes Cavalcante Alves Monteiro, Cássia Surama Oliveira da Silva, Rayner Anderson Ferreira do Nascimento, Raquel Patrícia Ataíde Lima, Flávia Cristina Fernandes Pimenta, Naila Francis Paulo de Oliveira, Darlene Camati Persuhn, Aléssio Tony Cavalcanti de Almeida, Alcides da Silva Diniz, Cristina Wide Pissetti, Rodrigo Pinheiro Toledo Vianna, Flavia Emília Leite de Lima Ferreira, Maria da Conceição Rodrigues Gonçalves and Maria José de Carvalho Costa

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:49

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  43. Obesity has been identified as a major risk factor for a large number of chronic diseases. Understanding factors related to adolescent obesity is critical for prevention of chronic diseases. The associations b...

    Authors: Hao Wang, Ruying Hu, Huaidong Du, Bragg Fiona, Jieming Zhong and Min Yu

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:48

    Content type: Research

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  45. Nut consumption has been shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. However, its role in the prevention of metabolic disorders, such as metabolic syndrome (Mets) and overweight/obesity, remains contro...

    Authors: Hang Li, Xia Li, Sheng Yuan, Yalei Jin and Jinping Lu

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:46

    Content type: Research

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  46. Physical activity is associated with health in women. Published MET-values (MET: metabolic equivalent of task) may assess physical activity and energy expenditure but tend to be too low for subjects with a hig...

    Authors: Elisabet Forsum, Birgitta Janerot-Sjöberg and Marie Löf

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:45

    Content type: Research

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  47. Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported a typo in the article category.

    Authors: Arrigo F. G. Cicero, Federica Fogacci, Martina Rosticci, Angelo Parini, Marina Giovannini, Maddalena Veronesi, Sergio D’Addato and Claudio Borghi

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:44

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in Nutrition & Metabolism 2017 14:61

  48. Until now, little research concerning the lipid-lowering and anti-obesity functions of garlic oil and onion oil has been performed. The objective of this study was to explore the effects of garlic oil and onio...

    Authors: Chao Yang, Lihua Li, Ligang Yang, Hui Lǚ, Shaokang Wang and Guiju Sun

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:43

    Content type: Research

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  49. Obesity alters adipose tissue metabolic and endocrine functioning, leading to an increased adiposity and release of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Various phytochemicals have been reported to contribute to the be...

    Authors: Janaiya S. Samuels, Rangaiah Shashidharamurthy and Srujana Rayalam

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:42

    Content type: Research

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  50. Many studies have been performed over time in order to determine the reliability of metabolic rate prediction equations.

    Authors: Eleni Pavlidou, Dimitris Petridis, Maria Tolia, Nikolaos Tsoukalas, Antigoni Poultsidi, Aristeidis Fasoulas, George Kyrgias and Constantinos Giaginis

    Citation: Nutrition & Metabolism 2018 15:41

    Content type: Research

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