Metabolic basis of obesity /

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Imprint:	New York : Springer, c2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 391 p.) : ill.
Language:	English
Subject:	Metabolism -- Disorders. Obesity -- metabolism. Fatty Liver -- metabolism. Metabolism. Metabolism -- Disorders.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8896602

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Other authors / contributors:	Ahima, Rexford S.
ISBN:	9781441916075 (electronic bk.) 1441916075 (electronic bk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
Summary:	The obesity epidemic has generated immense interest in recent years due to the wide-ranging and significant adverse health and economic consequences that surround the problem. Much attention has been focused on behaviors that lead to obesity, in particular to over consumption of energy-dense food and to sedentary lifestyle. However, obesity is an extremely complex condition with poorly defined pathogenesis. Thanks to greatly enhanced research in the area, the discovery of pathways in the brain and peripheral organs that mediate energy homeostasis has provided a framework for understanding the.

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