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Descriptor English: Glycemic Load
Descriptor Spanish: Carga Glucémica
Descriptor carga glucémica
Scope note: Un valor cuantitativo de una cantidad medida de un alimento específico que es igual a el ÍNDICE GLICÉMICO de los alimentos que multiplicado por el contenido de carbohidratos de ese alimento.
Descriptor Portuguese: Carga Glicêmica
Descriptor French: Charge glycémique
Entry term(s): Load, Glycemic
Tree number(s): G07.203.650.660.750
J01.576.423.850.730.750.750
N06.850.601.750.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000067940
Scope note: A quantitative value of a measured amount of a specific food that is equal to the GLYCEMIC INDEX of that food multiplied by the carbohydrate content of that food.
Annotation: GLYCEMIC INDEX is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
EH ethnology
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Previous Indexing: Glycemic Index (2003-2015)
Public MeSH Note: 2016
History Note: 2016
DeCS ID: 56127
Unique ID: D000067940
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Date Established: 2016/01/01
Date of Entry: 2015/07/07
Revision Date: 2016/04/27
Glycemic Load - Preferred
Concept UI M000598783
Scope note A quantitative value of a measured amount of a specific food that is equal to the GLYCEMIC INDEX of that food multiplied by the carbohydrate content of that food.
Preferred term Glycemic Load
Entry term(s) Load, Glycemic



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