A cholesterol-lowering diet does not produce adverse psychological effects in children: three-year results from the dietary intervention study in children

Authors :: Lavigne, John V.
Gidding, Samuel
Stevens, Victor J.
Ewart, Craig
Brown, Kathleen M.
Evans, Marguerite
von Almen, T. Kristian
Weil, Connie
Source :: Health Psychology. Nov, 1999, Vol. 18 Issue 6, p604, 10 p.
Publication Year :: 1999
Abstract: The authors discuss the results of a study of the psychological safety of a cholesterol-lowering diet in 8- to 10-year old children over a three-year period. No adverse effects in terms of academic function, psychological symptoms, or family function were discovered.

Subjects :: Diet -- Study and teaching
Children -- Health aspects
Obesity -- Study and teaching
Low-cholesterol diet -- Study and teaching
Clinical health psychology -- Study and teaching
Health
Psychology and mental health

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