The association between dietary energy density and type 2 diabetes in Europe: results from the EPIC-InterAct Study.

BACKGROUND:Observational studies implicate higher dietary energy density (DED) as a potential risk factor for weight gain and obesity. It has been hypothesized that DED may also be associated with risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D), but limited evidence exists. Therefore, we investigated the association...

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Main Authors: InterAct Consortium, Saskia W van den Berg, Daphne L van der A, Annemieke M W Spijkerman, Geertruida J van Woudenbergh, Mariken J Tijhuis, Pilar Amiano, Eva Ardanaz, Joline W J Beulens, Heiner Boeing, Françoise Clavel-Chapelon, Francesca L Crowe, Blandine de Lauzon-Guillain, Guy Fagherazzi, Paul W Franks, Heinz Freisling, Carlos Gonzalez, Sara Grioni, Jytte Halkjaer, José María Huerta, Inge Huybrechts, Rudolf Kaaks, Kay Tee Khaw, Giovanna Masala, Peter M Nilsson, Kim Overvad, Salvatore Panico, J Ramón Quirós, Olov Rolandsson, Carlotta Sacerdote, María-José Sánchez, Matthias B Schulze, Nadia Slimani, Ellen A Struijk, Anne Tjonneland, Rosario Tumino, Stephen J Sharp, Claudia Langenberg, Nita G Forouhi, Edith J M Feskens, Elio Riboli, Nicholas J Wareham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3655954?pdf=render