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Appetite and Food Intake, 2nd edition

Central Control

Editor: Ruth B.S. Harris.

Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press/Taylor & Francis; .
ISBN-13: 9781498723169 (hardback)ISBN-13: 9781315120171 (ebook)

Nutrition

Nearly half of the world’s adult population is either clinically obese or overweight. Excess weight increases risk for multiple other chronic diseases and represents a major global health issue. Weight gain results from an imbalance between energy intake and expenditure, which can only be corrected if the physiologic and neuroendocrine systems that have the potential to control energy balance are identified.

The first edition of this book reviewed knowledge on the intake of microand macronutrients, food choice, and opposing views on whether or not there are mechanisms that control food intake. Appetite and Food Intake: Central Control, Second Edition contains all new chapters and serves as a companion to the first by reviewing current knowledge on neuroendocrine mechanisms that influence food intake and glucose metabolism, including environmental influences on their development, with an emphasis on recent progress in understanding forebrain and hindbrain control of ingestive behavior.

Features

  1. Provides overview of the importance of hindbrain in control of energy intake and glucose metabolism
  2. Identifies contributions made by new technologies to understanding central control of food intake
  3. Discusses advantages of novel models for studying ingestive behavior
  4. Presents current knowledge on environmental factors that influence development of neural circuits controlling energy balance
  5. Reviews current weight control drugs and current thinking on which aspect of body composition is controlled

In addition, there is a discussion on the benefits derived from novel models for exploring ingestive behavior and the progress that has been achieved due to new technologies. Although major progress is being made in understanding the complex interplay between different control systems, the limits of our knowledge are acknowledged in chapters that review the efficacy of current weight control drugs and the relative importance of fat free mass and body fat in driving food intake.

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Names: Harris, Ruth B. S.

Title: Appetite and food intake : central control / [edited by] Ruth B.S. Harris.

Description: Second edition. | Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2017. | Previous edition:

Appetite and food intake : behavioral and physiological considerations / edited by Ruth B.S. Harris, Richard D. Mattes (Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2008). | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016045823 | ISBN 9781498723169 (hardback : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Ingestion--Regulation. | Appetite--Physiological aspects. | Appetite disorders. | Food habits--Psychological aspects.

Classification: LCC QP147 .A66 2017 | DDC 612.3/1--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016045823

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© 2017 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Bookshelf ID: NBK453148PMID: 28880504DOI: 10.1201/9781315120171

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