The physiology of body weight regulation: Relevance to the etiology of obesity in children

Pediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 3 II SUPPL., 1998, Pages 525-539

  Rosenbaum, Michael ^a   Leibel, Rudolph L ^a  

^a Coll Phys Surgs Columbia U ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight regulation; Energy metabolism; Genetics; Obesity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ADRENALIN; CHOLECYSTOKININ; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DOPAMINE; GALANIN; GLUCAGON; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MELANOCORTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTENSIN; NORADRENALIN; OPIATE; PEPTIDE YY; SEROTONIN; UROCORTIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; BIOCHEMISTRY; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETICS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LEPTIN; MICE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PREVALENCE; PROTEINS; RATS; UNITED STATES;

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