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| Title |
Dietary whey protein lessens several risk factors for metabolic diseases: a review
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| Published in |
Lipids in Health and Disease, June 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1476-511x-11-67 |
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| Authors |
Gabriela TD Sousa, Fábio S Lira, José C Rosa, Erick P de Oliveira, Lila M Oyama, Ronaldo V Santos, Gustavo D Pimentel |
| Abstract |
Obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) have grown in prevalence around the world, and recently, related diseases have been considered epidemic. Given the high cost of treatment of obesity/DM-associated diseases, strategies such as dietary manipulation have been widely studied; among them, the whey protein diet has reached popularity because it has been suggested as a strategy for the prevention and treatment of obesity and DM in both humans and animals. Among its main actions, the following activities stand out: reduction of serum glucose in healthy individuals, impaired glucose tolerance in DM and obese patients; reduction in body weight; maintenance of muscle mass; increases in the release of anorectic hormones such as cholecystokinin, leptin, and glucagon like-peptide 1 (GLP-1); and a decrease in the orexigenic hormone ghrelin. Furthermore, studies have shown that whey protein can also lead to reductions in blood pressure, inflammation, and oxidative stress. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 29 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 10 | 34% |
| United States | 5 | 17% |
| Canada | 2 | 7% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| India | 1 | 3% |
| Philippines | 1 | 3% |
| Japan | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 8 | 28% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 21 | 72% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 14% |
| Scientists | 3 | 10% |
| Unknown | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 322 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2 | <1% |
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Denmark | 1 | <1% |
| Estonia | 1 | <1% |
| Russia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 313 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 55 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 48 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 34 | 11% |
| Researcher | 32 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 17 | 5% |
| Other | 59 | 18% |
| Unknown | 77 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 78 | 24% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 56 | 17% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 27 | 8% |
| Sports and Recreations | 17 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 3% |
| Other | 41 | 13% |
| Unknown | 94 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 65. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 July 2023.
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#669,615
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Outputs from Lipids in Health and Disease
#51
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#3,221
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Outputs of similar age from Lipids in Health and Disease
#1
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Altmetric has tracked 25,732,188 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 97th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,624 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 9.2. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 96% of its peers.
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