What Stephan Guyenet thinks about energy
Obesity researcher with a PhD in neuroscience, formerly at the University of Washington, and author of The Hungry Brain. Writes about the neuroscience of body weight and food reward at stephanguyenet.com.
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3 dated positions, 2021, in their own words. Our reading of what Stephan Guyenet has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsNo matter what your model of obesity is, in order to explain the development of an obese body, energy imbalance has to be a link in the model’s causal chain.
↗Does energy imbalance (calories in > out) cause obesity?stephanguyenet.com 1st of 6 in this piece
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Our readingThe brain, not insulin or fat tissue, is what ultimately controls the energy balance equation.
Their wordsHowever, whichever side of the energy balance equation is giving orders, the brain appears to be the commander-in-chief of the equation as a whole.
↗Does energy imbalance (calories in > out) cause obesity?stephanguyenet.com 5th of 6 in this piece
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Our readingCommon obesity is not caused by a slow metabolism: people with obesity burn more energy, not less.
Their wordsThis tells us that common obesity is not the result of a reduced metabolic rate– a common but erroneous belief.
↗Does energy imbalance (calories in > out) cause obesity?stephanguyenet.com 6th of 6 in this piece