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Poverty and Obesity [r]: Relation between obesity and diet quality, dietary energy density, and energy costs. ^[e]

The Aminostatic Hypothesis [r]: Add brief definition or description
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The Energostatic Hypothesis [r]: Add brief definition or description
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The Lipostatic Hypothesis [r]: Add brief definition or description
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Healthy Obesity [r]: The healthy obese phenotype is characterized by favorable cardiometabolic risk factors despite excess adipose tissue. ^[e]

Normal Weight Obesity [r]: The combination of normal body mass index (BMI) and high body fat content is associated with a high prevalence of cardiometabolic dysregulation, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular risk factors. ^[e]

The Obesogenic Environment [r]: Add brief definition or description
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Appetite [r]: The desire to eat food, experienced as hunger, and in mammals controlled by neural circuits in the hypothalamus. ^[e]
Circadian rhythms and appetite [r]: Daily variations in the regulation of food intake. ^[e]
Energy balance in pregnancy and lactation [r]: Adaptations in the control of food intake and energy expenditure in different reproductive states. ^[e]
Evolution of appetite regulating systems [r]: Comparisons of the mechanisms regulating food intake and energy expenditure between species. ^[e]
Glucostatic theory of appetite control [r]: The theory that changes in blood glucose concentrations or arteriovenous glucose differences are detected by glucoreceptors that affect energy intake. ^[e]
Melanocortins and appetite [r]: The regulation of food intake through neuropeptides related to adrenocorticotropic hormone. ^[e]
Stress and appetite [r]: The interactions between the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis and the regulation of food intake. ^[e]
Food reward [r]: The brain mechanisms involved in reinforcing feeding behaviour. ^[e]
Gut-brain signalling [r]: The interaction between the gastrointestinal tract and the brain. ^[e]

Diabesity [r]: A term referring to the intricate relationship between type 2 diabetes and obesity. ^[e]
Genetics of obesity [r]: The evidence for a genetic component to obesity in humans. ^[e]
Bariatric surgery [r]: The surgical removal of body fat. ^[e]
Drug treatments for obesity [r]: Treatments of obesity that are based on drugs. ^[e]
Exercise and body weight [r]: Correlation between physical activity and the body mass index. ^[e]
Health consequences of obesity [r]: Long-term effects of obesity on health. ^[e]