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Carbohydrate, Fat, and Protein Metabolism in Obesity

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Abstract

Macronutrient metabolism is essential for transferring energy contained in food to usable forms of cellular energy. The balance between energy fuels flowing to cells and being released as cellular work will determine the body size. In the last decades, energy homeostasis has been challenged by an overwhelming macronutrient availability that imposes a need for further expansion of adipose mass. The capacity to handle such higher energy and macronutrient fluxes will determine metabolic disturbances (e.g., insulin resistance) at tissue and whole organism level. Herein, we reviewed carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism with special emphasis to the comparison between lean and obese individuals.

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Galgani, J.E., Cortés, V., Carrasco, F. (2016). Carbohydrate, Fat, and Protein Metabolism in Obesity. In: Ahima, R.S. (eds) Metabolic Syndrome. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11251-0_21

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