Nutrition
Volume 27, Issue 3 , Pages 310-315 , March 2011

Meal-induced thermogenesis and macronutrient oxidation in lean and obese women after consumption of carbohydrate-rich and fat-rich meals

  • Nicholas Tentolouris, M.D., Ph.D.

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    • First Department of Propaedeutic Medicine, Athens University Medical School, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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  • Kleopatra Alexiadou, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Propaedeutic Medicine, Athens University Medical School, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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  • Alexander Kokkinos, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Propaedeutic Medicine, Athens University Medical School, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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  • Eustathia Koukou, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Propaedeutic Medicine, Athens University Medical School, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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  • Despoina Perrea, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
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  • Despoina Kyriaki, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Propaedeutic Medicine, Athens University Medical School, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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  • Nicholas Katsilambros, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Propaedeutic Medicine, Athens University Medical School, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Received 30 August 2009 ,Accepted 11 February 2010.

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 This work was supported by a research grant from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA/SARG/70/4/8615).

PII: S0899-9007(10)00066-3

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2010.02.007

Nutrition
Volume 27, Issue 3 , Pages 310-315 , March 2011

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