Could increased time spent in a thermal comfort zone contribute to population increases in obesity?

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 543-551

  Johnson, F ^a   Mavrogianni, A ^b   Ucci, M ^b   Vidal Puig, A ^c   Wardle, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Indoor temperatures; Obesity epidemiology; Thermogenesis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALORIC INTAKE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COLD EXPOSURE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIET INDUCED THERMOGENESIS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NONSHIVERING THERMOGENESIS; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION RISK; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHIVERING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL COMFORT ZONE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMOGENESIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSITY; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; GREAT BRITAIN; HEATING; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGENESIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959190178     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2010.00851.x     Document Type: Article

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