This article describes the interplay among energy intake, energy expenditure, and body
energy stores and illustrates how an understanding of energy balance can help us develop …

The Food and Agriculture Organization defines sustainable diets as nutritionally adequate,
safe, healthy, culturally acceptable, economically affordable diets that have little …

Body fat mass increases when energy intake exceeds energy expenditure. In the long term,
a positive energy balance will result in obesity. The worldwide prevalence of obesity has …

Obesity interventions can result in weight loss, but accurate prediction of the bodyweight
time course requires properly accounting for dynamic energy imbalances. In this report, we …

Initiation requires the patient to be sufficiently motivated to begin a habitformation attempt,
but many patients would like to eat healthier diets or take more exercise, for example, if …

Obesity results from a caloric imbalance between energy intake, absorption and
expenditure. In both rodents and humans, diet-induced thermogenesis contributes to energy …

Studies have identified an association between watching television (TV) and childhood
obesity. This review adds context to existing research by examining the associations …

Food marketing is often singled out as the leading cause of the obesity epidemic. The
present review examines current food marketing practices to determine how exactly they …

Methods Evidence for effects of dietary factors on cardiometabolic health was reviewed,
often derived from recent comprehensive reviews performed for policy-making or similar …

Since the 1970s, the proportion of overweight and obese people in the U nited S tates has
grown at an alarming rate. An awareness of the consequences of obesity on the health and …