Is thermogenesis a significant causal factor in preventing the "globesity" epidemic?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 250-256

  Hansen, Jens Carl ^a   Gilman, Andrew P ^b   Odland, Jon Øyvind ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALORIC INTAKE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD ACTIVATED THERMOGENESIS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MUSCLE; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; THERMOGENESIS; WEIGHT GAIN; ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENERGY METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THERMOGENESIS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77954313602     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2010.02.033     Document Type: Article

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