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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2020

Short-Term Ketogenic Diet Improves Abdominal Obesity in Overweight/Obese Chinese Young Females.

Zhaowei Kong, Shengyan Sun, Qingde Shi, Haifeng Zhang, Tomas K Tong, Jinlei Nie

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Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Zhaowei KongFaculty of Education, University of Macau, Macao, China.
Shengyan SunInstitute of Physical Education, Huzhou University, Huzhou, China.
Qingde ShiSchool of Health Sciences and Sports, Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macao, China.
Haifeng ZhangCollege of Physical Education, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Tomas K TongDepartment of Physical Education, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China.
Jinlei NieSchool of Health Sciences and Sports, Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macao, China.
Macao Polytechnic University · MOHebei Normal University · CNHong Kong Baptist University · HKHuzhou University · CNUniversity of Macau · MO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a short-term ketogenic diet (KD) on body composition and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in overweight/obese Chinese females. Twenty young females [age: 21.0 ± 3.7 years, weight: 65.5 ± 7.7 kg, body mass index (BMI): 24.9 ± 2.7 kg⋅m

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cardiorespiratory fitnessleptinlow-carbohydratesubcutaneous fatweight loss

Identifiers

PMID32848830
PMCPMC7399204
OpenAlexW3045822395

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