Energy Balance and Obesity

Bibliographic Data

ID23319787
AuthorsJames O Hill (0000-0003-4690-2264, From the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora.), Holly R Wyatt (0000-0003-1651-4092, From the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora.), John C Peters (0000-0003-2302-8033, From the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora.)
Year2012
Volume126
Issue1
Pages126-132
Publication date2012-07-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCirculation (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0009-7322 • E-ISSN: 1524-4539
PublisherOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1161/circulationaha.111.087213
PMID22753534
PMCIDPMC3401553
OpenAlexW2118733706
LanguageEN
Citations received76
References cited39

This article describes the interplay among energy intake,energy expenditure, and body energy stores and illus-trates how an understanding of energy balance can help us develop strategies to reduce obesity. First, reducing obesity requires modifying both energy intake and energy expendi-ture, not simply focusing on either alone. Food restriction alone will not be effective in reducing obesity if human physiology is biased toward achieving energy balance at a high energy flux (ie, at a high level of energy intake and expenditure). In previous environments, a high energy flux was achieved with a high level of physical activity, but in today’s sedentary environment, it is increasingly achieved through weight gain. Matching energy intake to a high level of energy expenditure will likely be more feasible for most people than restricting food intake to meet a low level of energy expenditure. Second, from an energy balance point of

Balance (ability) · Energy balance · Obesity · Physical medicine and rehabilitation · Diet and metabolism studies · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Regulation of Appetite and Obesity