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Mechanisms for the control of body-weight.

P R Payne·A E Dugdale
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Various hypotheses for the mechanism of regulation of body-weight in human adults have been proposed in the light of the magnitude of the long-term changes in weight actually observed. One of these hypotheses has been represented in the form of a computer simulation model which has been used to demonstrate that (i) it is not necessary to postulate the existence of a set-point regulatory system, and (ii) in practice, several mechanisms, including hunger and satiety, the relative constancy of habits and customs of behaviour, and the existence of cognitive thresholds combined with a relatively simple physiological negative feedback system probably constitute the simplest hypothesis for the mechanism of weight stability.

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P R Payne, A E Dugdale. 1977-03-12. Mechanisms for the control of body-weight.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(77)92010-4

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