Energy expenditure in the etiology of human obesity: spendthrift and thrifty metabolic phenotypes and energy-sensing mechanisms

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 83-89

  Piaggi, P ^a,b   Vinales, K L ^a   Basolo, A ^a,b   Santini, F ^b   Krakoff, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive thermogenesis; Body weight regulation; Energy expenditure; Energy sensing; Metabolic phenotypes

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT CHANGE; BODY WEIGHT GAIN; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 85025646687     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: 17208386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40618-017-0732-9     Document Type: Review

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