Very-low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet v. low-fat diet for long-term weight loss: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

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  2013

• Venue

  British Journal of Nutrition

• Publication date

  2013-10-14

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1017/S0007114513000548PMID 23651522
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