The gut harbors an enormous diversity of microbes that are essential for the maintenance of
homeostasis in health and disease. A growing body of evidence supports the role of this …

Obesity develops when energy intake exceeds energy expenditure over time. Numerous
neurotransmitters, hormones, and factors have been implicated to coordinately control …

Objective This review summarizes a portion of the discussions of an NIH Workshop
(Bethesda, MD, 2015) titled “Self‐Regulation of Appetite—It's Complicated,” which focused …

The discovery of taste and nutrient receptors (chemosensors) in the gut has led to intensive
research on their functions. Whereas oral sugar, fat, and umami taste receptors stimulate …

No effective systemic treatment is available for patients with unresectable, recurrent, or
metastatic mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC), the most common salivary gland malignancy …

Reduced energy intake drives weight loss following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and
sleeve gastrectomy (SG) procedures. Post-operative changes in subjective appetite, taste …

Several major developments have occurred since the last edition of Handbook of Obesity:
Clinical Applications, including new clinical trials, discoveries related to drug use, and …

Background The discovery of the endocannabinoid system and of its role in the regulation of
energy balance has significantly advanced our understanding of the physiopathological …

The obesity pandemic presents a significant burden, both in terms of healthcare and
economic outcomes, and current medical therapies are inadequate to deal with this …

The gustatory system plays a critical role in determining food preferences and food intake, in
addition to nutritive, energy and electrolyte balance. Fine tuning of the gustatory system is …