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RECENTLY Stirling and Stock1 presented data that might be interpreted in support of the hypothesis that “… the development of obesity is more likely to be due to a thermogenic defect [a defect in food-induced thermogenesis or heat increment of feeding] than to aberrations in appetite”. Such an interpretation, which seems to be implicit in their report, is based on a mistaken premise.
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Stirling, J. L., and Stock, M. J., Nature, 220, 801 (1968).
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MORRISON, S., MILLAR, F. Obesity and the Heat Increment of Feeding. Nature 223, 212–213 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/223212a0
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