Unanswered questions about the causes of obesity

Total daily energy expenditure has declined over the past three decades due to declining basal expenditure, not reduced activity expenditure

(2023) John R. Speakman et al.   Nature Metabolism

The social origins of obesity within and across generations

(2022) Erik Hemmingsson et al.   Obesity Reviews

The carbohydrate-insulin model: a physiological perspective on the obesity pandemic

(2021) David S Ludwig et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Daily energy expenditure through the human life course

(2021) Herman Pontzer et al.   SCIENCE

Activity energy expenditure is an independent predictor of energy intake in humans

(2019) Mark Hopkins et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Ultra-Processed Diets Cause Excess Calorie Intake and Weight Gain: An Inpatient Randomized Controlled Trial of Ad Libitum Food Intake

(2019) Kevin D. Hall et al.   Cell Metabolism

The genetics of adiposity

(2018) Ruth JF Loos   CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT

Body weight homeostat that regulates fat mass independently of leptin in rats and mice

(2017) John-Olov Jansson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Resting metabolic rate is associated with hunger, self-determined meal size, and daily energy intake and may represent a marker for appetite

(2012) Phillipa Caudwell et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Set points, settling points and some alternative models: theoretical options to understand how genes and environments combine to regulate body adiposity

(2011) J. R. Speakman et al.   Disease Models & Mechanisms

Quantification of the effect of energy imbalance on bodyweight

(2011) Kevin D Hall et al.   LANCET

Trends over 5 Decades in U.S. Occupation-Related Physical Activity and Their Associations with Obesity

(2011) Timothy S. Church et al.   PLoS One

The relationship between dietary energy density and energy intake

(2009) Barbara J. Rolls   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR