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Melanocortins
Melanocortins are a group of pituitary peptide hormones including adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) and the alpha-, beta-, and gamma-melanocyte-stimulating hormones. Five melanocortin receptors (MC1 through MC5) have different ...
- Biological or Genetic Contributors to Obesity
- Adipocytes
- Adiponectin
- Adrenergic Receptors
- Agouti and Agouti Related Protein
- Animal Models of Obesity
- Animal QTLs (Quantitative Trait Locus)
- Bardet-Biedl Syndromes
- Cannabinoid Receptor
- CD36 and FAT (Fatty Acid Transporters)
- Cholecystokinin (CCK)
- Cortisol
- Cushing Syndrome
- Cytokines
- Db/Db Mouse
- Dopamine Receptor
- Down's Syndrome
- Epistatic Effects of Genes on Obesity
- Estrogen-Related Receptor
- Familial Lipodystrophies
- Fatty Acid Transport Proteins
- Genetic Taste Factors
- Ghrelin
- Glucagon Receptor
- Glucocorticoids
- Glucokinase
- G-Protein Coupled Receptors
- Growth Hormone
- HDL Receptors
- Histamine Receptor
- Hormone Sensitive Lipase
- Human QTLs
- Hypothyroidism
- Insulin and Insulin Resistance
- Insulin-Like Growth Factors
- Interleukins
- Intrauterine Growth Restriction
- LDL Receptors
- Leptin
- Leptin Receptors
- Lipoprotein Lipase
- Low Birth Weight
- Melanocortins
- Mendelian Disorders Related to Obesity
- Metabolic Rate
- Monogenic Effects that Result in Obesity
- Neuropeptides
- NPY (Neuropeptide Y)
- Ob/Ob Mouse
- Obesity and the Immune System
- Obesity Gene Map
- Opioid Receptor
- Perilipins
- POMC (Proopiomelanocortin)
- PPAR (Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors)
- Prader-Willi Syndrome
- Protein Kinase
- Set or Settling Point
- Steroids
- Thrifty Gene Hypothesis
- Thrifty Gene Hypothesis and Obesity
- Thyroid Hormone
- TNF (Tumor Nucrosis Factors)
- Transgenics and Knockouts for Obesity-Related Genes
- Tubby Candidate Gene
- Twin Studies and Genetics of Obesity
- Uncoupling Proteins
- Viral Causes of Obesity
- Children and Obesity
- Advertising
- Atherosclerosis in Children
- Bariatric Surgery in Children
- Behavioral Treatment of Child Obesity
- Beverage Choices in Children and Obesity
- Breastfeeding
- Changing Children's Food Habits
- Childhood Obesity as a Risk Factor for Adult Overweight
- Childhood Obesity Treatment Centers
- Children and Diets
- Ethnic Disparities in the Prevalence of Childhood Obesity
- Family Behavioral Interventions
- Family Therapy in the Treatment of Overweight Children
- Flavor Programming and Childhood Food Preferences
- Food Intake Assessments in Children
- Formation and Development of Food Preferences
- Genetic Taste Factors
- Hypertension in Children
- Implications of Restriction of Foods on Child Feeding Habits
- Medical Interventions for Children
- Metabolic Disorders and Childhood Obesity
- Morbid Obesity in Children
- National Weight Loss Efforts for Children
- Overweight Children and School Performance
- Overweight Children and the Media
- Peer Influences on Obesity in Children
- Pharmacological Treatment of Childhood Obesity
- Physical Activity in Children
- Prevalence of Childhood Obesity in Developing Countries
- Prevalence of Childhood Obesity in the United States
- Prevalence of Childhood Obesity Worldwide
- Prevention
- School-Based Interventions to Prevent Obesity
- Self-Esteem and Children's Weight
- Stigmas against Overweight Children
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Dietary Interventions to Treat Obesity
- Atkins Diet
- Calcium and Dairy Products
- Caloric Restriction
- Carbohydrate “Addictions”
- Chromium Picolinate
- Diet Myths
- Dietary Restraint
- Exercise
- Fast Foods
- Fiber and Obesity
- Fruits and Vegetables
- High-Carbohydrate Diets
- High-Protein Diets
- Jenny Craig
- L.A. Weight Loss
- Liquid Diets
- Low-Calorie Diets
- Low-Fat Diets
- Macrodiets
- Medifast
- Non-Diet Approaches
- Nutrisystem
- Nutrition Fads
- Optifast
- Physical Activity and Obesity
- Portion Control
- Slim-Fast
- South Beach Diet
- Supplements and Obesity
- Vegetarianism
- Very Low-Calorie Diets
- Volumetrics
- Water and Obesity
- Weight Watchers
- Zone, The
- Disordered Eating and Obesity
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Antidepressants
- Appetite Signals
- Binge Eating
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Body Image
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Childhood Onset Eating Disorders
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
- Depression
- Dieting: Good or Bad?
- Disinhibited Eating
- DSM-IV
- Eating Disorders and Athletes
- Eating Disorders and Gender
- Eating Disorders and Obesity
- Eating Disorders in School Children
- EDNOS
- Families of Eating Disorder Patients
- Feminist Perspective and Body Image Disorders
- Genetic Influences on Eating Disorders
- Hunger
- Neurotransmitters
- Night Eating Syndrome
- Physiological Aspects of Anorexia
- Physiological Aspects of Bulimia
- Prevalence of Disordered Eating
- Sexual Abuse and Eating Disorders
- Treatment Centers for Eating Disorders
- Weight Cycling and Yo-Yo Dieting
- Environmental Contributors to Obesity
- Accessibility of Foods
- Advertising of Foods to Children
- Children's Television Programming
- Economics of Food
- Energy Density
- Fast Foods
- Food Advertising
- Food Labeling
- Governmental Subsidizing of Energy Dense Foods
- Inaccessibility of Exercise
- Increased Reliance on Automobiles
- Increasing Portion Sizes
- Palatability
- Parental and Home Environments
- Safe Play Opportunities for Children
- School Lunch Programs
- Schools and Obesity
- Sodas and Soft Drinks
- Sugar and Fat Substitutes
- Supersizing
- Television
- Toxic Environment
- Health Implications of Obesity
- Appetite Control
- Asthma
- Atherosclerosis
- Back Pain
- Blood Lipids
- Body Image
- Breast Cancer
- Colon Cancer
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Depression
- Elevated Cholesterol
- Fatty Liver
- Fertility
- Fitness
- Gallbladder Disease
- Gastroesophageal Reflux (GERD)
- Gastrointestinal Disorders
- Gestational Diabetes
- Gout
- High-Density Lipoproteins
- Hormones
- Hypertension
- Impotence
- Kidney Failure
- Kidney Stones
- Low-Density Lipoproteins
- Menstrual Problems
- Mortality and Obesity
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Ovarian Cancer
- Ovarian Cysts
- Overall Diet Quality
- Polycystic Ovary Disease
- Respiratory Problems
- Sexual Health
- Sleep Apnea
- Stroke
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Urinary Incontinence in Severe Obesity in Women
- Uterine Cancers
- Medical Treatments for Obesity
- American Medical Association
- American Obesity Association
- Amphetamines
- Caffeine
- Cost of Medical Obesity Treatments
- Dexatrim
- Dieting: Good or Bad?
- Ephedra
- Fenfluramine
- Future of Medical Treatments for Obesity
- Gastric Bypass
- Gastroplasty
- Health Coverage of Gastric Surgeries
- International Obesity Task Force
- Laparoscopy
- Liquid Diets
- Low-Calorie Diets
- Medical Interventions for Children
- Medications that Affect Nutrient Partitioning
- Multidisciplinary Bariatric Programs
- Noradrenergic Drugs
- North American Association for the Study of Obesity
- Orlistat (Xenical)
- Physician-Assisted Weight Loss
- Qualifications for Gastric Surgery
- Roux-en-y Gastric Bypass
- Serotonergic Medications
- Sibutramine (Meridia)
- Thyroid Medications
- Vertical Banded Gastroplasty
- Very Low-Calorie Diets
- New Research Frontiers on Obesity
- Acomplia
- Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis
- Bod Pod and Pea Pod
- CART Peptides
- Combined Approaches to Treatment
- Computerized Tomography
- DEXA (Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry)
- Dilution Techniques
- Doubly Labeled Water
- Drug Targets that Decrease Food Intake/Appetite
- Drugs that Block Fat Cell Formation
- Energy Expenditure Technologies
- Food Technology
- Frontiers in Maintenance and Prevention
- Functional Foods
- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Genetic Mapping of Obesity-Related Genes
- Genomics
- Histamines
- Hormone Disorders
- Hydrodensitrometry
- Indirect Calorimetry
- Intestinal Microflora Concentrations
- Leptin Supplements
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scans for Viewing Body Composition
- Metformin
- Microarray Analysis
- New Candidate Obesity Genes
- New Drug Targets that Prevent Fat Absorption
- New Drug Targets to Improve Insulin Sensitivity
- New Drug Targets to Increase Metabolic Rate
- Non-Diet Approaches
- Obesity and Viruses
- Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping
- Rimonabant
- SNP Technologies
- Three-D Image Reconstruction
- Translational Research
- Whole-Body Potassium Counting
- Obesity and Ethnicity/Race
- African Americans
- Asian Americans
- Body Fat Distribution in African Americans
- Body Fat Distribution in Asian Americans
- Body Fat Distribution in Hispanic Americans
- Cardiovascular Disease in African Americans
- Cardiovascular Disease in Asian Americans
- Cardiovascular Disease in Hispanic Americans
- Caucasians
- Dominican Americans
- Ethnic Variations in Body Fat Storage
- Ethnic Variations in Obesity-Related Health Risks
- Genetics
- Health Disparities—NIH Strategic Plan
- Hispanic Americans
- Hypertension in African Americans
- Hypertension in Asian Americans
- Hypertension in Hispanic Americans
- Mexican Americans
- Native Americans
- Obesity and Socioeconomic Status
- Pima Indians
- Puerto Rican Americans
- Sisters Together
- Thrifty Gene Hypothesis
- U.S. Office of Minority Health
- Western Diets
- Obesity and the Brain or Obesity and Behavior
- Antidepressants
- Appetite Control
- Autonomic Nervous System
- Bombesin
- Cannabinoid System
- Central Nervous System
- Cholecystokinin
- Conditioned Food Preferences
- Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone
- Dopamine
- Drugs and Food
- Fat Taste
- Flavor: Taste and Smell
- Folic Acid and Neural Tube Defects
- Food “Addictions”
- Food Reward
- Gustatory System
- Habituation
- Hypothalamus
- Inherited Taste Preferences
- Insulin
- Liking vs. Wanting
- Medications that Increase Body Weight
- Mood and Food
- Neuropeptide-Y
- Neurotransmitters
- Norepinephrine
- Nutrient Reward
- Olfactory System
- Opioids
- Oxytocin and Food Intake
- Peripheral Nervous Sytem
- Pituitary Gland
- Satietin
- Sensory-Specific Satiety
- Sweet Taste
- Sympathetic Nervous System
- Taste Aversion Learning
- Taste Reactivity
- Thyroid Gland
- Tryptophan
- Obesity as a Public Health Crisis
- Access to Nutritious Foods
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American College of Sports Medicine
- American Diabetes Association
- American Dietetic Association
- American Heart Association
- American Medical Association
- American Obesity Association
- American Society for Bariatric Surgery
- Built Environments
- Center for Maternal and Child Health
- Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
- Center for Science in the Public Interest
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Child Obesity Programs
- Community Level Initiatives to Prevent Obesity
- Community Programs to Prevent Obesity
- Council on Size and Weight Discrimination
- Economics of Obesity
- Expanded Food and Nutrition Program
- Federal Initiatives to Prevent Obesity
- Food and Drug Administration
- Food Guide Pyramid
- Food Labeling
- Food Marketing to Children
- Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program
- Government Agencies
- Head Start
- Healthy Eating Index
- Healthy People 2010
- National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance
- National Cancer Institute
- National Center for Health Statistics
- National Eating Disorders Association
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Institutes of Health
- NIDDK
- North American Association for the Study of Obesity
- Obesity in Schools
- Office of Dietary Supplements
- Office of Minority Health
- Policy to Prevent Obesity
- President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
- Safety of Urban Environments
- School Initiatives to Prevent Obesity
- Shape-Up America!
- Social Marketing and Obesity
- State and Local Initiatives to Prevent Obesity
- Taxation of Unhealthy Foods
- Toxic Environment
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Department of Health and Social Services
- Weight Control Information Network
- Psychological Influences and Outcomes of Obesity
- Addictive Behaviors
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Anxiety
- Binge Eating
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
- Compulsive Overeating
- Depression
- Disordered Eating
- Eating Disorders in School Children
- External Controls
- Loneliness
- Night Eating Syndrome
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Psychiatric Medicine and Obesity
- Self-Esteem and Obesity
- Stress
- Suicidality
- Well-Being
- Societal Influences and Outcomes of Obesity
- Alcohol
- Appearance
- Body Image
- Breastfeeding vs. Formula Feeding
- Built Environments
- Calcium Intake and Dairy Products
- Carbohydrate and Protein Intake
- Computers and the Media
- Eating Out in the United States
- Fat Acceptance
- Fat Intake
- Flavor Learning
- Food Advertising and Obesity
- Food Guide Pyramid
- Food Intake Patterns
- Food Labeling
- Food Preferences
- Governmental Policy and Obesity
- Income Level and Obesity
- Nutrition Education
- Obesity and Academic Performance
- Obesity and Drug Use
- Obesity and Sports
- Obesity and the Media
- Obesity in Schools
- Personal Relationships and Obesity
- Physical Activity Patterns in the Obese
- Smoking
- Soda and Soft Drink Intake
- Stereotypes and Obesity
- Supersizing
- Variety of Foods and Obesity
- Virtual Environments
- Weight Discrimination
- Western Diet
- Women and Dieting
- Women and Obesity
- Assessment of Obesity and Health Risks
- Bariatric Surgery in Women
- Body Image
- Breast Cancer
- Breastfeeding
- Colon Cancer
- Coronary Heart Disease in Women
- Early Onset Menarche and Obesity in Women
- Economic Disparities among Obesity in Women
- Endometrial and Uterine Cancers
- Estrogen Levels
- Ethnic Disparities among Obesity in Women
- Exercise and Physical Activity among Obese Women
- Fat Acceptance
- Fertility
- Food Preferences
- Gestational Diabetes
- Implications of Gestational Development
- Maternal Influences on Child Feeding
- Menopause and Obesity
- Morbid Obesity in Women
- Obese Women and Social Stigmatization
- Polycystic Ovary Disease
- Pregnancy Prevalence of Obesity in U.S. Women
- Self-Esteem in Obese Women
- Support Groups for Obese Women
- Waist-to-Hip Ratio
- Women and Diabetes
- Women and Dieting
- Worldwide Prevelance of Obesity
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