title: Effects of very low calorie diet (VLCD) on body weight, blood glucose and serum lipid metabolism in severe obesity with glucose intolerance.
abstract: VLCD was useful and effective not only for body weight reduction but also for improvement of glucose intolerance in the treatment of obese non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM).
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugimasa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takamura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000178:diet therapy*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000178:diet therapy*; D004038:Diet, Reducing; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity; D015431:Weight Loss
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D008055:Lipids