Nutrition
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 411-418 , March 2005

Dietary fiber and body weight

  • Joanne L. Slavin, Ph.D., R.D.

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Received 14 February 2004 ,Accepted 20 June 2004.

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 Novartis Consumer Health supported the preparation of this review with an educational grant.

PII: S0899-9007(04)00304-1

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2004.08.018

Nutrition
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 411-418 , March 2005

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