Obesity: Considerations about etiology, metabolism, and the use of experimental models

Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 75-87

  Pereira Lancha, Luciana O ^a   Campos Ferraz, Patricia L ^a   Lancha, Antonio H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diet; Experimental models; Fat; Ghrelin; Leptin; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ; GHRELIN; PEPTIDE YY;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; APPETITE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING HABIT; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID DIET; LIPID STORAGE; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84859736856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/DMSO.S25026     Document Type: Review

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