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Descriptor English: Diet, Ketogenic
Descriptor Spanish: Dieta Cetogénica
Descriptor dieta cetogénica
Scope note: Consumo de alimentos ricos en GRASAS y bajos en CARBOHIDRATOS. Esta dieta proporciona suficientes PROTEINAS para el crecimiento, pero insuficiente cantidad de carbohidratos para las necesidades energéticas del cuerpo. Una dieta cetogénica genera un 80-90 por ciento de los requerimientos calóricos a partir de las grasas y el resto de las proteínas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Dieta Cetogênica
Descriptor French: Régime cétogène
Entry term(s): Diets, Ketogenic
Ketogenic Diet
Ketogenic Diets
Tree number(s): E02.642.249.245.500
G07.203.650.240.245.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055423
Scope note: 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.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
EH ethnology
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Diet Therapy (1964-2008)
Public MeSH Note: 2018; see KETOGENIC DIET 2009-2017
History Note: 2018 (2009)
DeCS ID: 53233
Unique ID: D055423
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Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Revision Date: 2017/06/30
Diet, Ketogenic - Preferred
Concept UI M0517575
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Diet, Ketogenic
Entry term(s) Diets, Ketogenic
Ketogenic Diet
Ketogenic Diets



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