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Can ideas about the regulation of body mass in birds be used to explain the breakdown of regulation associated with obesity and anorexia in humans? There is no evidence to think so. Medicine can always benefit from the application of evolutionary ecology ideas, but we must be prepared to dismiss the...

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Published in:The Behavioral and brain sciences 2017, Vol.40, p.e121-e121, Article e121
Main Author: Lozano, George A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Anorexia
Behavioral psychology
Biological Evolution
Birds
Body mass
Diabetes
Ecology
Evolution
Food Supply
Humans
Hypotheses
Obesity
Open Peer Commentary
Socioeconomic factors
Systematic review
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Summary:Can ideas about the regulation of body mass in birds be used to explain the breakdown of regulation associated with obesity and anorexia in humans? There is no evidence to think so. Medicine can always benefit from the application of evolutionary ecology ideas, but we must be prepared to dismiss these ideas when they just do not fit the data.
ISSN:0140-525X
1469-1825
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X16001461