Set points, settling points and some alternative models: Theoretical options to understand how genes and environments combine to regulate body adiposity

DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 733-745

  Speakman, John R ^a   Levitsky, David A ^b   Allison, David B ^c   Bray, Molly S ^c   De Castro, John M ^d   Clegg, Deborah J ^e   Clapham, John C ^f   Dulloo, Abdul G ^g   Gruer, Laurence ^h   Haw, Sally ⁱ   Hebebrand, Johannes ^j   Hetherington, Marion M ^k   Higgs, Susanne ^l   Jebb, Susan A ^m   Loos, Ruth J F ⁿ   Luckman, Simon ^o   Luke, Amy ^p   Mohammed Ali, Vidya ^q   O'Rahilly, Stephen ^r   Pereira, Mark ^s   Perusse, Louis ^t   Robinson, Tom N ^u   Rolls, Barbara ^v   Symonds, Michael E ^w   Westerterp Plantenga, Margriet S ^x   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^h NHS HEALTH SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^m MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^p LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^s UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^u STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^v PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^w NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^x MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD INTAKE; GENE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADIPOSITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 81455134369     PISSN: 17548403     EISSN: 17548411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dmm.008698     Document Type: Review

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