#429: Kevin Hall, PhD & Stephan Guyenet, PhD - Carbohydrate-Insulin Model vs. Energy Balance Model
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The Energy Balance Model Explains the Rise in Obesity Prevalence
The energy balance model is saying, look, if we want to explain the rise in obesity prevalence, as well as between person variability in susceptibility to obesity, we have to understand these gen environment actions. And where that seems to take place is in the brain, which we've known for decades, controls food intake and regulates body weight. That's happening in response to both changes in the food environment,. of which, oknow, refined carbohydrates and high glyciamic low diets play a play a potential role but probably not the only role. So givein the complexities of some of those relationships you've just outlined, and particularly talking about the role of the brain this interaction with the food environment.
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