The Physiology of Body Weight Regulation: Are We Too Efficient for Our Own Good?
- Betsy B. Dokken, PhD, NP, CDE and
- Tsu-Shuen Tsao, PhD
Abstract
In Brief
Understanding the physiology behind the regulation of body weight can help clinicians treat and educate obese patients. This article reviews the current knowledge of body weight regulation and the metabolic changes that occur in the body in response to weight loss. The physiological basis for the difficult nature of weight loss, and especially maintenance of lost weight, is discussed.
Footnotes
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Betsy B. Dokken, PhD, NP, CDE, is a postdoctoral fellow in the Applied Cardiovascular Physiology Laboratories of Sarver Heart Center at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tuscon. She maintains a clinical practice as a nurse practitioner with University Physicians Healthcare in Tuscon. Tsu-Shuen Tsao, PhD, is an assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics at the University of Arizona in Tuscon.
- American Diabetes Association
