About this Research Topic
The body maintains energy homeostasis (normal weight) via balancing energy intake and energy expenditure. Energy intake over energy expenditure results in accumulation of excess calories in the form of lipid in the adipose tissue and eventually causes overweight, obesity and associated metabolic diseases, a serious public health problem. A number of factors affect feeding behaviors including macronutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, and fats), taste, ingestive behavior, vagal signaling in the hindbrain, hypothalamic integration of hormonal (such as leptin and ghrelin), nutrient and neural signals, and the brain reward system. All these factors contribute to the overall control of food intake and energy balance. Thus, the better understanding of the regulation of feeding behaviors and of the underlying mechanisms through which alterations in feeding behaviors lead to metabolic diseases are essential for designing effective strategies for remedying disordered feeding behaviors and associated metabolic diseases.
This Research Topic is aimed at addressing feeding behaviors and associated metabolic diseases through a broad matrix of original research articles, reviews, and perspectives to facilitate our current knowledge of the impacts of feeding behaviors on metabolic diseases. The advances in this Research Topic would shed light on potential targets for the prevention and/or treatment of disordered feeding behaviors and associated metabolic diseases.
The overall scope of this Research Topic is to elucidate the molecular and neural mechanisms of the regulation of feeding behaviors and associated metabolic diseases. Submissions are welcome for the following article types: original research, review, mini-reviews, innovative research protocol/method, opinion and hypothesis. We particularly welcome contributions that include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
1. Specific effects of macronutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, and fats) on feeding behaviors and metabolic diseases.
2. Distinct roles for taste in feeding behaviors and metabolic diseases.
3. Molecular and neural mechanisms of injective behaviors.
4. Identification and characterization of hindbrain neuronal actions in the control of food intake.
5. Functions of hypothalamic integration of hormonal, nutrient, and neural signals in the overall control of food intake and energy balance.
This Research Topic is aimed at addressing feeding behaviors and associated metabolic diseases through a broad matrix of original research articles, reviews, and perspectives to facilitate our current knowledge of the impacts of feeding behaviors on metabolic diseases. The advances in this Research Topic would shed light on potential targets for the prevention and/or treatment of disordered feeding behaviors and associated metabolic diseases.
The overall scope of this Research Topic is to elucidate the molecular and neural mechanisms of the regulation of feeding behaviors and associated metabolic diseases. Submissions are welcome for the following article types: original research, review, mini-reviews, innovative research protocol/method, opinion and hypothesis. We particularly welcome contributions that include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
1. Specific effects of macronutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, and fats) on feeding behaviors and metabolic diseases.
2. Distinct roles for taste in feeding behaviors and metabolic diseases.
3. Molecular and neural mechanisms of injective behaviors.
4. Identification and characterization of hindbrain neuronal actions in the control of food intake.
5. Functions of hypothalamic integration of hormonal, nutrient, and neural signals in the overall control of food intake and energy balance.
Keywords: Food intake, feeding behavior, body weight, obesity, glucose homeostasis, insulin resistance, GI hormones, gut, vagus, hindbrain, hypothalamus, forebrain, taste, reward.
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