Set points, settling points and some alternative models: theoretical options to understand how genes and environments combine to regulate body adiposity

• Main Authors: John R. Speakman (Author), David A. Levitsky (Author), David B. Allison (Author), Molly S. Bray (Author), John M. de Castro (Author), Deborah J. Clegg (Author), John C. Clapham (Author), Abdul G. Dulloo (Author), Laurence Gruer (Author), Sally Haw (Author), Johannes Hebebrand (Author), Marion M. Hetherington (Author), Susanne Higgs (Author), Susan A. Jebb (Author), Ruth J. F. Loos (Author), Simon Luckman (Author), Amy Luke (Author), Vidya Mohammed-Ali (Author), Stephen O'Rahilly (Author), Mark Pereira (Author), Louis Perusse (Author), Tom N. Robinson (Author), Barbara Rolls (Author), Michael E. Symonds (Author), Margriet S. Westerterp-Plantenga (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Company of Biologists, 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The close correspondence between energy intake and expenditure over prolonged time periods, coupled with an apparent protection of the level of body adiposity in the face of perturbations of energy balance, has led to the idea that body fatness is regulated via mechanisms that control intake and ene...