Theories on obesity

Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition 3(2+1)
Lesson 31:Over weight and Obesitycauses, symptoms and dietary management

Theories on obesity

  1. Fat cell theory: The number of fat cells is determined during early in life to provide space to store fat. Juvenile obesity - increase in the number of fat cells, increase adult obesity due to increase in size of fat cells.
  2. Set point theory: Once the body reaches ideal body weight or set point, body gets signals for food intake.
  3. Leptin: Obesity gene called ob codes for protein, leptin, acts as a hormone of hypothalamus to promote negative energy balance.
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