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HYPOTHALAMIC OBESITY [1 record]

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Record 1 2024-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hygiene and Health
  • Nervous System
CONT

"Hypothalamic obesity" refers to excess weight gain that may follow from an injury to the hypothalamus, a brain region with many important functions. The hypothalamus affects energy intake, by regulating how much we eat, and energy expenditure, by regulating how much energy our bodies use. Damage to the hypothalamus disrupts the carefully coordinated balance between energy intake and expenditure, often leading to increased calorie intake and/or decreased calorie burning, and thereby to rapid weight gain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hygiène et santé
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Surcharge pondérale secondaire à une atteinte lésionnelle de l'hypothalamus.

Spanish

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