The enormity of obesity

Scientist

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 20-24

  Blackman, Stuart ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 2,4 DINITROPHENOL; AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CHOLECYSTOKININ; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FURIN; GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONE; GHRELIN; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PEPTIDE YY; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; RIMONABANT; SIBUTRAMINE; THYROXINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ENERGY BALANCE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH BYPASS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGOUTI;

EID: 2942548856     PISSN: 08903670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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