Obesity continues to be one of the major public health problems due to its high prevalence
and co-morbidities. Common co-morbidities not only include cardiometabolic disorders but …

Stress and emotional brain networks foster eating behaviors that can lead to obesity. The
neural networks underlying the complex interactions among stressors, body, brain and food …

Maintaining the high standards that made the previous editions such well-respected and
widely used references, Food Lipids: Chemistry, Nutrition, and Biotechnology, Fourth Edition …

AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is an energy sensor that regulates cellular
metabolism. When activated by a deficit in nutrient status, AMPK stimulates glucose uptake …

The insulin receptor (IR) is expressed in various regions of the developing and adult brain,
and its functions have become the focus of recent research. Insulin enters the central …

Recently published work and emerging research efforts have suggested that the olfactory
system is intimately linked with the endocrine systems that regulate or modify energy …

Recent studies in adult and weanling rats show that dietary fat, in close association with
circulating lipids, can stimulate expression of hypothalamic peptides involved in controlling …

Food intake is mediated, in part, through brain pathways for motivation and reinforcement.
Dysregulation of these pathways may underlay some of the behaviors exhibited by patients …

Gonadal steroids are among the many factors that influence food intake and body weight in
mammals. Hormonal effects on these processes are particularly striking in female rats, which …

Many people feel emotional when hungry—or “hangry”—yet little research explores the
psychological mechanisms underlying such states. Guided by psychological constructionist …