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Food sources of fat may clarify the inconsistent role of dietary fat intake for incidence of type 2 diabetes.

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Summary, in English

Dietary fats could affect glucose metabolism and obesity development and, thereby, may have a crucial role in the cause of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Studies indicated that replacing saturated with unsaturated fats might be favorable, and plant foods might be a better choice than animal foods. Nevertheless, epidemiologic studies suggested that dairy foods are protective.

Publishing year

2015

Language

English

Pages

1065-1080

Publication/Series

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volume

101

Issue

5

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Topic

  • Nutrition and Dietetics

Status

Published

Research group

  • Nutrition Epidemiology
  • Diabetes - Cardiovascular Disease

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1938-3207