Sensory and Metabolic Control of Energy Balance

by Wolfgang Meyerhof

Book Overview

During the last two decades, the prevalence of obesity has dramatically increased in western and westernized societies. Its devastating health consequences include hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, or diabetes and make obesity the second leading cause of unnecessary deaths in the USA. As a consequence, obesity has a strong negative impact on the public health care systems. Recently emerging scienti'c insight has helped understanding obesity as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 364214425X
• ISBN13: 9783642144257
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"