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Nutrigenomics of body weight regulation: a rationale for careful dissection of individual contributors.
Nutrients - 21 Oct 2014
Keijer Jaap, Hoevenaars Femke P M, Nieuwenhuizen Arie, van Schothorst Evert M
Abstract excerpt
Body weight stability may imply active regulation towards a certain physiological condition, a body weight setpoint. This interpretation is ill at odds with the world-wide increase in overweight and obesity. Until now, a body weight setpoint has remained elusive and the setpoint theory did not provide practical clues for body weight reduction interventions. For this an alternative theoretical model is necessary,...
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