HUMAN GROWTH, VOLUME 3: NEUROBIOLOGY AND NUTRITION

Neurobiology of nutrition and obesity.

In the course of evolution, the need to eat has powerfully shaped biological structure and function. As a result, nutrient-depletion signals strongly activate neural mechanisms that orchestrate foraging, appetitive, and ingestive behaviors and at the same time instigate an internal energy savings mode through autonomic, endocrine, and peripheral cellular mechanisms. Although the hypothalamus an...

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Volume 4, Number 3, Full Text

Nutrition and Growth

Nutrition plays a fundamental role in determining the growth of individuals. An appropriate growth progression is considered a harbinger of adequate nutrient intake and good health. On the other hand growth deceleration with or without short stature may indicate inadequate nutrition, even when there is no body weight deficit for height. Nutritional growth retardation (NGR) is most prevalent in ...

Nutrition, growth, and development

What is known about relationships between nutrition, growth, and development is well summarized in three recent reports of meetings held to discuss these problems: the Proceedings of the International Conference held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1967 and edited by Scrimshaw and Gordon (1968); the little publicized Pan American Health Organization Seminar held at the University of...

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