Higher branched-chain amino acid intake is associated with a lower prevalence of being overweight or obese in middle-aged East Asian and Western adults.

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Published in J Nutr on December 15, 2010

Authors

Li-Qiang Qin1, Pengcheng Xun, Deborah Bujnowski, Martha L Daviglus, Linda Van Horn, Jeremiah Stamler, Ka He, INTERMAP Cooperative Research Group

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

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