Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: The DIRECT study, summarized and reviewed in this issue of EVIDENCIA, analyzed the effects of low-fat,Mediterranean, or low carbohydrate ( cetogenic) diets, concluding that the last two alternatives could be effective forweight reduction, as compared to low-fat diets. With this work in mind, the present paper reviews epidemiological aspectsof obesity and lifestyle in Argentina, their current etiopathogenic explanations, some general guidelines regarding themain therapeutic strategies, as well as the main controversies about the cetogenic diets
Author: Agustina Liaudat
Language: Spanish
Topic: Diet and metabolism studies
Subfield: Physiology (medical)
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3162978728