obesity – Pål Jåbekk

Food reward, a factor in obesity

“I think food reward offers the most compelling explanation for the US/global obesity epidemic.” Stephan Guynet “In studies where the

Obviously! Obesity is a remarkably simple problem to solve. Eat less and move more. When energy expenditure exceeds energy intake,

The latest issue of Obesity offers both welcome rationality, important discussions and good chances of some decent hair pulling. It

Leptin About 15 years ago the 167 amino acid peptide hormone leptin was discovered by Jeffrey M. Friedman and colleagues through

I once wrote a short paper about menstrual disturbances in female athletes. Menstrual disorders seem to be more prevalent in

Whatever the individual cause of obesity is, in the absolute majority of cases, carbohydrate restriction works effectively at reducing adipose

By defining overweight as excess storage of energy in fat tissue (and consequently to little use of energy from the

The first thing I’m going to do in this blog is to explain what causes overweight and obesity. I’ll also