The Absorption Theory

Obesity is classically considered a worldwide epidemic disease and as one of the most important causes of morbid-mortality in many countries. Medical science explains obesity and bases its treatment in the following mathematical equation that enunciates Calories consumed from food as a consequence...

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Autores principales: Mantzuranis, Norberto, Marín, Gustavo Horacio, Wright, Ricardo Abraham
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2015
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Ciencias Médicas
absorption
obesity
adipose tissue
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/147244
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topic Ciencias Médicas
absorption
obesity
adipose tissue
spellingShingle Ciencias Médicas
absorption
obesity
adipose tissue
Mantzuranis, Norberto
Marín, Gustavo Horacio
Wright, Ricardo Abraham
The Absorption Theory
topic_facet Ciencias Médicas
absorption
obesity
adipose tissue
description Obesity is classically considered a worldwide epidemic disease and as one of the most important causes of morbid-mortality in many countries. Medical science explains obesity and bases its treatment in the following mathematical equation that enunciates Calories consumed from food as a consequence of calories expended and calories transformed in fat and stored. This work puts challenged this equation and proposes arguments based on the evolution of the human beings which includes the importance of the relation between hunger and satiety. Like in any other endocrine systems, it is proposed the existence of an hypothalamic hormone that regulates the volume of the adipose tissue through the leptin action. Regulation of the body weight should be based on the equilibrium of the energetic saving capacity, nutrient absorption and nutrient storage. Our proposal is that the energetic system of abundance regulates the relationship between hunger and satiety; and explains why slim people that eat large amounts of food do not gain weight, why people that have harmful eating habits gain weight and why some people maintain a stable overweight along vast periods of time. Following these precepts it is propose that treatments for obesity should be based on the physiological model that includes not only the calories ingested-expended ratio, but also aspects that regulates satiety and modulate the size of the adipose tissue as happened with our ancestors.
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Wright, Ricardo Abraham
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