Understanding obesity genes and environment in the determination of body weight

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leibel, Rudolph L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Henry Stewart Talks 2007, 2007
Series:Obesity : epidemiology, etiology, consequences and treatment
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Collection: Henry Stewart Talks - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Evolutionary arguments for regulation of body fat
  • Gene x gene x environment interactions
  • Molecular physiology of control of body weight
  • Human monogenic obesities
  • Complex genetics of human obesity
  • Threshold model for control of body weight
  • Bioenergetics of reduced body weight
  • Structural plasticity in the CNS systems regulating body fat