Obesity: A disease or a biological adaptation?

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-35

  Tremblay, A ^a   Doucet, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body weight; Energy; Fat; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; INSECTICIDE; INSULIN;

ADAPTATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; OBESITY; REVIEW; STRESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADIPOSE TISSUE; APPETITE REGULATION; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; IMMUNITY; INSECTICIDES; INSULIN; LIPID METABOLISM; OBESITY; STRESS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0034179783     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-789x.2000.00006.x     Document Type: Article

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