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Caloric Restriction

"Caloric Restriction" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Reduction in caloric intake without reduction in adequate nutrition. In experimental animals, caloric restriction has been shown to extend lifespan and enhance other physiological variables.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Caloric Restriction" by people in this website by year, and whether "Caloric Restriction" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 13 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2009 and 2010 and 2015 and 2017
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