Set points, settling points and some alternative models: theoretical options to understand how genes and environments combine to regulate body adiposity.

Speakman, JR; Levitsky, DA; Allison, DB; Bray, MS; de Castro, JM; Clegg, DJ; Clapham, JC; Dulloo, AG; Gruer, L; Haw, S; Hebebrand, J; Hetherington, MM; Higgs, S; Jebb, SA; Loos, RJ; Luckman, S; Luke, A; Mohammed-Ali, V; O'Rahilly, S; Pereira, M; Perusse, L; Robinson, TN; Rolls, B; Symonds, ME; Westerterp-Plantenga, MS

Abstract:

The close correspondence between energy intake and expenditure over prolonged time periods, coupled with an apparent protection of the level of body adiposity in the face of perturbations of energy balance, has led to the idea that body fatness is regulated via mechanisms that control intake and energy expenditure. Two models have dominated the discussion of how this regulation might take place. The set point model is rooted in physiology, genetics and molecular biology, and suggests that the...

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Speakman, J. R., Levitsky, D. A., Allison, D. B., Bray, M. S., de Castro, J. M., Clegg, D. J., Clapham, J. C., Dulloo, A. G., Gruer, L., Haw, S., Hebebrand, J., Hetherington, M. M., Higgs, S., Jebb, S. A., Loos, R. J., Luckman, S., Luke, A., Mohammed-Ali, V., O'Rahilly, S., … Westerterp-Plantenga, M. S. (2011). Set points, settling points and some alternative models: theoretical options to understand how genes and environments combine to regulate body adiposity. Disease Models and Mechanisms, 4(6), 733–745.

MLA Style

Speakman, J. R., et al. “Set Points, Settling Points and Some Alternative Models: Theoretical Options to Understand How Genes and Environments Combine to Regulate Body Adiposity.” Disease Models and Mechanisms, vol. 4, no. 6, Disease models and mechanisms, 2011, pp. 733–45.

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Speakman, JR, DA Levitsky, DB Allison, MS Bray, JM de Castro, DJ Clegg, JC Clapham, et al. 2011. “Set Points, Settling Points and Some Alternative Models: Theoretical Options to Understand How Genes and Environments Combine to Regulate Body Adiposity.” Disease Models and Mechanisms 4 (6): 733–45.
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