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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Fields of Study > nutrition > diet > ketogenic diet
Preferred Term:

ketogenic diet

Definition:
A course of food intake that is high in fats and low in carbohydrates. This diet provides sufficient proteins for growth but insufficient amount of carbohydrates for the energy needs of the body. A ketogenic diet generates 80-90% of caloric requirements from fats and the remainder from proteins.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
diet
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URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/233467
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RDF/XMLCreated 2014-10-28, last modified 2018-04-19