Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 19, Issue 8 , Pages 548-554 , October 2009

High protein diets decrease total and abdominal fat and improve CVD risk profile in overweight and obese men and women with elevated triacylglycerol

Received 1 May 2008 ,Revised 24 October 2008 ,Accepted 27 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2008.10.006

Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 19, Issue 8 , Pages 548-554 , October 2009

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