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Body and fat mass and blood glucose levels are not regulated, controlled, or defended.
Practitioners should reconsider the concepts of regulation and control in metabolism when addressing obesity.
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Together, these frameworks show that body and fat mass and blood glucose levels are not regulated, controlled, or defended but emerge from the complexity and functional plasticity of competitive cellular relations.
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Body and Fat mass are not Regulated, Controlled, or Defended: An introduction to the Invisible Hand’ and ‘Competition’ Models of Metabolism
Edward Archer et al. · Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases · 2022
DOI 10.1016/j.pcad.2022.10.003
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