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Obesity is a disorder of energy metabolism characterized by low usable energy (ATP) in the setting of elevated total energy.
Practitioners should consider the role of energy metabolism in obesity management.
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Thus, obesity is a disorder of energy metabolism, in which there is low usable energy (ATP) in the setting of elevated total energy.
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The abstract presents a unifying hypothesis based on existing obesity theories.
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The fructose survival hypothesis as a mechanism for unifying the various obesity hypotheses
Richard J. Johnson et al. · Obesity · 2023
DOI 10.1002/oby.23920
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