Food Intake: Regulation, Assessing and Controlling (Food Science and Technology: Nutrition and Diet Research Progress) - Hardcover

 
9781613241837: Food Intake: Regulation, Assessing and Controlling (Food Science and Technology: Nutrition and Diet Research Progress)

Synopsis

Food intake is affected by many internal biological stimuli such as hormones and neuropeptides, and by social factors such as commercial standards, food palatability and composition. This book presents current research in the regulation and control of food intake. This title discusses topics that include understanding food intake regulation in chicks; indigenous fermented foods and beverages produced in Latin America; dopaminergic regulation of food intake; peptidergic regulation of food intake and its relation to age; and, body composition and food-borne carcinogens.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.