Open AccessHow NOT to Approach the Obesity Problem
Author(s) -
Flatt J. P.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
obesity research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1550-8528
pISSN - 1071-7323
DOI - 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1997.tb00585.x
Subject(s) - obesity , energy balance , balance (ability) , energy (signal processing) , medicine , psychology , mathematics , physics , physical therapy , endocrinology , statistics , thermodynamics
FLATT, JP. How NOT to approach the obesity problem. The emphasis given to the energy balance equation has fostered the widespread belief that obesity is a problem of energy balance. This mistaken view has led to many unjustified and unfortunate interpretations, because obesity is, rather, a problem of the interaction between body composition and food intake regulation.