Hunger

Klappentext This book is the first synthesis! by one hand! of the new knowledge on feeding behaviour. Zusammenfassung This book is the first synthesis! by one hand! of the new knowledge on feeding behaviour. It describes the roles of body depletion and repletion of energy and of specific nutrients! of the orosensory qualities of food and of the brain in integrating and interpreting internal and external signals. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Jeffrey Gray; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Experimental techniques and procedures; 2. Basic facts and normal feeding; 3. Systemic and sensory stimulation to eat; 4. Determinants of meal size; 5. Body energy balance; 6. The regulation of body weight or body fat mass; 7. Developmental aspects; 8. Brain mechanisms of hunger arousal and meal initiation; 9. Brain mechanisms of satiation and meal size; 10. Brain mechanisms of body energy balance and of maintenance of fat mass; 11. Nutrient-specific appetites; Conclusion; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: J. Le Magnen, Jacques Le Magnen, J. Le Magnen, Jacques Le Magnen
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.06.2009
• EAN: 9780521311229
• ISBN: 978-0-521-31122-9
• Series: Problems in the Behavioural Sc
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works