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Obesity rates are rising in China despite a shift from a traditional low-fat, high-carb diet to a relatively high-fat, lower-carb diet.
Practitioners should be cautious about attributing obesity solely to dietary macronutrient composition.
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Dem widersprechen allerdings ansteigende Adipositasraten in China, wo die traditionelle „Low Fat, High Carb“ Ernährung durch eine relativ fettreiche und kohlenhydratärmere Diät verdrängt wurde.
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Low Carb – Trend oder optimale Ernährung?
Petra Rust · Ernährung & Medizin · 2018
DOI 10.1055/a-0549-9284
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