Obesity: Is evolution to blame?

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 156-158

  Serlie, M J ^a   la Fleur, S E ^a   Fliers, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT; FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SUCROSE;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; CALORIC INTAKE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COGNITION; EDITORIAL; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID DIET; MACRONUTRIENT; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NETHERLANDS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79955696823     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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