Energy Metabolism And Obesity

Author : Patricia A. Donohoue
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1603271392
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Energy Metabolism and Obesity written by Patricia A. Donohoue and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-12-26 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique and authoritative book presents an up-to-date overview of the many aspects of energy balance and its relationships to disease processes resulting from excess energy consumption and storage. It provides a comprehensive treatment of important research and clinical aspects of energy metabolism and obesity. It will be a valuable resource for endocrinologists, diabetes specialists, internists and family practitioners.

Author : National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Obesity and Energy Metabolism written by National Institutes of Health (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: A comprehensive yet uncomplicated discussion of obesity is presented for the average adult as part of a series called "Medicine for the Layman." Although the specific causes of obesity are unknown, many factors, such as genetics and environment, influence the condition. More is known about the health consequences of obesity in terms of increased risk of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and emotional stress. Obesity is defined; the functions of the human body which help determine the numbers and size of fat cells in adipose tissue (hypertrophic and hyperplastic obesity) are described. The balance of caloric intake and energy expenditure for each individual is emphasized. Further research needs are identified. The information is reinforced by a question and answer section and color cartoons.

Author : Jean-Pierre Montmayeur
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420067761
Total Pages : 646 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fat Detection written by Jean-Pierre Montmayeur and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2009-09-14 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the State-of-the-Art in Fat Taste TransductionA bite of cheese, a few potato chips, a delectable piece of bacon - a small taste of high-fat foods often draws you back for more. But why are fatty foods so appealing? Why do we crave them? Fat Detection: Taste, Texture, and Post Ingestive Effects covers the many factors responsible for the se

Author : Zydrune Visockiene
Publisher : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9783838303000
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Energy Metabolism in Obesity and Diabetes written by Zydrune Visockiene and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2009-06-14 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The growing incidence of obesity and type 2 diabetes became the major global health problem. The peculiarities of energy metabolism in the development of both these conditions are of particular interest. This book, therefore, provides an overview of the following aspects: body composition assessment using laboratory techniques and bedside methods, estimation of resting energy expenditure, methods for the evaluation of energy intake, assessment of psychological factors influence on eating behavior. All these aspects are covered in the context of obesity, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome thus, will help to understand the importance of changes in resting metabolic rate possibly preceding the development of type 2 diabetes; explain the advantages and limitations of bedside body composition assessment methods and suggest their utilisation in clinical practice; reveal new aspect of regional body fat distribution, influencing the precision of different body composition measuring techniques; show novel relations of psychological factors influence on eating behaviour in type 2 diabetes and analyse the compliance to the dietary advice and treatment for weight loss.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309039940
Total Pages : 765 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diet and Health written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 765 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diet and Health examines the many complex issues concerning diet and its role in increasing or decreasing the risk of chronic disease. It proposes dietary recommendations for reducing the risk of the major diseases and causes of death today: atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (including heart attack and stroke), cancer, high blood pressure, obesity, osteoporosis, diabetes mellitus, liver disease, and dental caries.

Author : M. Sperling
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 826 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pediatric Endocrinology written by M. Sperling and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This New Edition is today's most comprehensive, definitive reference in the field, incorporating all of today's explosive discoveries in basic and clinical endocrinology. Its reliable, cutting-edge guidance for a full range of problems is combined with a wealth of information on the physiological, biochemical, and genetic basis at the molecular biological level. Dr. Mark A. Sperling and 33 contributing experts bring readers the benefits of discovery at the bench and its application at the bedside. New chapters, extensive revisions, and compelling updates will keep readers at the forefront of the diagnosis and management of endocrine disease in children. Incorporates the explosive growth in molecular biology as it relates to developmental and pediatric endocrinology. Extensively revised and updated chapters throughout reflect the latest information. Coverage of up-to-the-minute topics in the field, including molecular, biochemical, and clinical basis of hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy and childhood diabetes mellitus energy balance/obesity growth hormone paradigms of mechanisms of hormone action, and others Contributions from new authors from distinguished institutions Numerous brand-new illustrations depict the most current information, particularly the basic science/genetic basis of certain entities

Author : Babak Mokhlesi
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 0323326811
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sleep Hypoventilation: A State-of-the-Art Overview, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics written by Babak Mokhlesi and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue on Hypoventilation Syndrome covers a variety of topics such as Sleep hypoventilation: Diagnostic considerations and technological limitations,Pathophysiology of hypoventilation during sleep,Advances in PAP treatment modalities for hypoventilation syndromes,Scoring abnormal respiratory events on polysomnography during noninvasive ventilation,OHS Epidemiology and diagnosis,OHS outcomes,Non-PAP treatment modalities in OHS, Pulmonary overlap syndromes,Noninvasive ventilation during sleep in stable COPD and more!

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309089964
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Weight Management written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-12-01 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary purpose of fitness and body composition standards in the U.S. Armed Forces has always been to select individuals best suited to the physical demands of military service, based on the assumption that proper body weight and composition supports good health, physical fitness, and appropriate military appearance. The current epidemic of overweight and obesity in the United States affects the military services. The pool of available recruits is reduced because of failure to meet body composition standards for entry into the services and a high percentage of individuals exceeding military weight-for-height standards at the time of entry into the service leave the military before completing their term of enlistment. To aid in developing strategies for prevention and remediation of overweight in military personnel, the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command requested the Committee on Military Nutrition Research to review the scientific evidence for: factors that influence body weight, optimal components of a weight loss and weight maintenance program, and the role of gender, age, and ethnicity in weight management.

Author : Wolfgang Meyerhof
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642144268
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sensory and Metabolic Control of Energy Balance written by Wolfgang Meyerhof and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-09-24 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the last two decades, the prevalence of obesity has dramatically increased in western and westernized societies. Its devastating health consequences include hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, or diabetes and make obesity the second leading cause of unnecessary deaths in the USA. As a consequence, obesity has a strong negative impact on the public health care systems. Recently emerging scienti?c insight has helped understanding obesity as a complex chronic disease with multiple causes. A multileveled gene–environment interaction appears to involve a substantial number of susceptibility genes, as well as associations with low physical activity levels and intake of high-calorie, low-cost, foods. Unfor- nately, therapeutic options to prevent or cure this disease are extremely limited, posing an extraordinary challenge for today’s biomedical research community. Obesity results from imbalanced energy metabolism leading to lipid storage. Only detailed understanding of the multiple molecular underpinnings of energy metabolism can provide the basis for future therapeutic options. Numerous aspects of obesity are currently studied, including the essential role of neural and endocrine control circuits, adaptive responses of catabolic and anabolic pathways, metabolic fuel sensors, regulation of appetite and satiation, sensory information processing, transcriptional control of metabolic processes, and the endocrine role of adipose tissue. These studies are predominantly fuelled by basic research on mammalian models or clinical studies, but these ?ndings were paralleled by important insights, which have emerged from studying invertebrate models.

Author : Claude Bouchard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Regulation of Body Weight written by Claude Bouchard and published by . This book was released on 1996-06-19 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fact that about 30-40% of the adults in the Western world are overweight or obese testifies to the frequency of the disturbances in body weight regulation. Scientists have established that caloric intake, macronutrient composition of the diet, basal and resting metabolic rate, thermic response to food, energy expenditure associated with movement and physical activity, and preferential storage of the surplus of calories as fat or lean tissues are critical determinants of energy balance and body weight. While much has been learned, the field is poised for major advances with the advent of a variety of imaging techniques, progress in quantitative and molecular genetics, use of transgenic rodent models and of breeding experiments with informative inbred strains, availability of stable isotopes for metabolic and behavioral studies, and a growing number of useful experimental animal and human models. This volume takes an integrative approach to obesity. It is structured around four major topics: (1) the animal and human models currently available for the study of body weight regulation with their strengths and limitations, (2) the molecular and genetic basis of the regulation of body weight, (3) the metabolic and physiological mechanisms involved, and (4) the behavioral and social determinants. The 13 background papers provide a critical overview of the present knowledge base while the group reports summarize the extensive deliberations of 38 international experts. Particular emphasis has been given to promising research areas and on the advances needed to ensure a better understanding of the biological and behavioral mechanisms of the regulation of body weight, with a particular emphasis on overweight and obesity.