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Obesity is not just elevated adiposity, it is also a state of metabolic perturbation

Wells, JCK; (2017) Obesity is not just elevated adiposity, it is also a state of metabolic perturbation. Behavioral and Brain Sciences , 40 , Article e130. 10.1017/S0140525X16001552. Green open access

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Abstract

Nettle et al. miss the crucial difference between adaptive models of storing energy and explanations for the pathological metabolic state of obesity. I suggest that the association of food insecurity with obesity in women from industrialized settings is most likely due to reverse causation: Poverty reduces agency to resist obesogenic foods, and this scenario is compounded by perturbations of insulin metabolism stemming from high adiposity and lipogenic diets.

Type: Article
Title: Obesity is not just elevated adiposity, it is also a state of metabolic perturbation
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X16001552
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X16001552
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Social Sciences, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Psychology, Biological, Behavioral Sciences, Neurosciences, Psychology, Neurosciences & Neurology
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10049473
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