Effects of very low calorie diet (VLCD) on body weight, blood glucose and serum lipid metabolism in severe obesity with glucose intolerance.
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).
Inoue
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Third Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University, Japan.
Okamura
A
A
Okamoto
M
M
Tanaka
K
K
Sugimasa
T
T
Takamura
Y
Y
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
D001786:Blood Glucose; D008055:Lipids