Diet and obesity
1988
Bray, George A.
The conference was held to assess the factors of food, eating habits and exercise in modern-day living as they affect obesity. This book offers edited information presented at that meeting. Topics discussed include: regulation of alimentation by sugar acids in body fluids; controls of food intake and energy expenditure; hormonal regulation of appetite and fat accumulation in obesity; physiological regulation of intakes of carbohydrate, fat, and protein; nervous and endocrine control of meal thermogenesis; efficiency of carbohydrate and fat utilization for oxidation and storage; obesity and taste preferences for sweetness and fat; sweet foods and sweeteners in the U.S. diet; adipose tissue cellularity and function and food intake regulation; exercise training and energy expenditure; roles of dietary fat, carbohydrate balance and exercise in the regulation of body weight; dieting using a very low calorie diet; etc.
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