Article
Human obesity as a heritable disorder of the central control of energy balance.
International journal of obesity (2005) - 1 Dec 2008
O'Rahilly S, Farooqi I S
Abstract excerpt
In the spirit of celebration associated with the 20th anniversary of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, we have seized the opportunity of taking a highly personal and not at all comprehensive 'whistle-stop tour' of a large body of evidence that, we feel, supports the following conclusions: (1) that body fat stores are regulated by biological control processes in humans as they are in lower animals; (2)...
Topics
- Adiposity
- Body Mass Index
- Energy Metabolism
- Feeding Behavior
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Hunger
- Leptin
- Obesity
- Satiety Response