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Preface
Pt. I: Obesity: The Gene-Environment Problem
- Obesity: Definition of the Problem
- Effects of the Intrauterine Environment on the Development of
Diabetes
- Genes and Human Obesity
- Polygenic Models of Rodent Obesity
Pt. II: Metabolic Efficiency
- Metabolic Efficiency
- The Mitochondrial Uncoupling Protein (UCP1) in Brown Adipose
Tissue
- The Uncoupling Protein Family and Energy Expenditure
- Reciprocal Relation of Food Intake and Sympathetic Activity:
The MONA LISA Hypothesis
Pt. III: Body Fat and the Detection of Dietary
Fat
- Leptin as an Adipocyte- and Nonadipocyte-Derived
Hormone
- The Physiology of Leptin in Humans: An Update
- Energy Intake: Effects of Fat Content and Energy Density of
Foods
- The Taste of Fat
- Gut and Brain Interactions in the Control of Food Intake and
Energy Metabolism: Neural Pathways of Postingestive Satiety Signals
- Cholecystokinin - The First Twenty-Five Years
- Enterostatin and 5HT: Modulation of Fat Intake
Pt. IV Central Effector Systems Regulating Food
Intake
- Genetics of Obesity: Role of Neuropeptide
Y, Noroepinephrine, and Dopamine
- NPY and Feeding: Finding a Role for the Y5 Receptor Subtype
- Agouti Antagonism of Melanocortin Receptors: Central and Peripheral
Effects on Obesity and Diabetes
- Central Gene Defects Causing Obesity - Fat and Tub
- Hypothalamic Galanin, Dietary Fat, and Body Fat
- The Role of Corticotropin Releasing-Factor and Urocortin in
Obesity
- The Role of Melanin Concentrating Hormone and the Lateral Hypothalamus
in the Regulation of Eating Behavior
Pt. V Body Fat Regulation
- Obesity, Aging, and Body Fat Regulation
- Regional Fat Distribution
- Role of C/EBP[alpha] in Adipocyte Differentiation
- The PPAR/RXR Heterodimer: Therapeutic Target for Insulin Resistance
and Obesity
- Modulation of "Metabolic Memories" in the Rat
Pt. VI Pharmacologic Approaches
- Sibutramine: A New Obesity Agent Enters the
Marketplace
- Orlistat: A Novel Treatment for Obesity
Contributors to Volume 9
Index
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