Energy Metabolism
by Patrick Christian Even (ed.)
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA 2014
ISBN-13: 9782889193080
Number of pages: 133
Description:
Energy metabolism is central to life and altered energy expenditure is often cited as a central mechanism responsible for development of the obese phenotype. Total energy expenditure (EE) is the sum of resting EE, EE of physical activity, cold-induced thermogenesis and thermic effect of feeding.
Download or read it online for free here:
Download link
(multiple formats)
Similar books

by Thomas Haslwanter, at al. - Wikibooks
The book presents our sensory system from an engineering and information processing point of view. This provides insight in the performance of our senses. It also provides understanding of how our senses transduce external information into signals.
(15835 views)

by Marcus Seymour Pembrey - Longmans, Green
Physiology is the basis of medicine. The medical student should undergo a training in practical physiology, for thereby he learns to observe, to draw conclusions from his observations, and to unravel the causes of his failures.
(16859 views)

by M. Osterweis, A. Kleinman, D. Mechanic - National Academies Press
This volume covers the epidemiology and physiology of pain; psychosocial contributions to pain and illness behavior; promising ways of assessing and measuring chronic pain; clinical aspects of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation.
(15825 views)

by Cai Huang (ed.) - InTech
The book covers most important research hot points, such as Akt, AMPK and mTOR. Bridges the basic protein phosphorylation pathways with human health and diseases. Detailed and comprehensive text with excellent figure illustration.
(10895 views)