Effects of a low glycemic load or a low-fat dietary intervention on body weight in obese Hispanic American children and adolescents: a randomized controlled trial1234
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From the Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC (NMM, MGP, KBS, RM, and JH); the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA (CBE and DSL); and the Section on Growth and Obesity, Program in Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD (NMM and JAY).
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The National Center for Research Resources and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases had no role in the preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript.
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Supported by NIH grants K23-RR022227 (NMM), MO1-RR-020359, and UL1RR031988, which were awarded by the National Center for Research Resources to support the General Clinical Research Center and the Children’s Research Institute at Children’s National Medical Center, and ZIA-HD-00641 (JAY) and the following foundations and organizations: Consumer Health Foundation, The Jessie Ball DuPont Foundation, and United Way of the National Capital Area. JAY is supported by the Intramural Research Program of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the NIH. DL is supported in part by career award K24DK082730 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
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Address correspondence to N Mirza, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC 20010. E-mail: [email protected].
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Abbreviations used: CNMC, Children’s National Medical Center; GCRC, General Clinical Research Center; GI, glycemic index; GL, glycemic load; LFD, low-fat diet; LGD, low–glycemic load diet; LGI, low glycemic index; T2D, type 2 diabetes.