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Evolutionary perspectives on the obesity epidemic: adaptive, maladaptive, and neutral viewpoints.

Annual review of nutrition - 1 Jan 2013

Speakman John R

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The prevalence of obesity in modern societies has two major contributory factors-an environmental change that has happened in historical times and a genetic predisposition that has its origins in our evolutionary history. Understanding both aspects is complex. From an evolutionary perspective, three different types of explanation have been proposed. The first is that obesity was once adaptive and enabled us to...

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PMID: 23862645
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-nutr-071811-150711

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