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Children whose diet contained olive oil had a lower likelihood of increasing their body mass index Z-score over 1 year

Children whose diet contained olive oil had a lower likelihood of increasing their body mass index Z-score over 1 year

Article citation: Haro-Mora JJ, García-Escobar E, Porras N, Alcázar D, Gaztambide J, Ruíz-Órpez A, et al. Children whose diet contained olive oil had a lower likelihood of increasing their body mass index Z-score over 1 year. Eur J Endocrinol. 2011;165(3):435–9.

Link to view/access: http://www.eje-online.org/content/165/3/435.full.pdf+html