Global warming and obesity: External heat exposure as a modulator of energy balance
Abstract In obesity research, the importance of core body temperature (CBT) regulation is often neglected. CBT thermogenic regulation, however, plays a crucial role in heat management through convection, radiation, and conduction processes to remove heat from the body, as well as metabolic processes...
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| description | Abstract In obesity research, the importance of core body temperature (CBT) regulation is often neglected. CBT thermogenic regulation, however, plays a crucial role in heat management through convection, radiation, and conduction processes to remove heat from the body, as well as metabolic processes that sequester heat through lipogenesis. This review emphasizes that even small changes in CBT can significantly impact metabolic events ranging from ATP production to fat deposition. Accordingly, a case is made that physical events, such as external heat exposure, also impact body compositional changes, as do work and metabolic processes. Examples are provided that suggest that independent diet and exercise, where one lives, can have an impact on body composition and obesity. For example, below 35 degrees of the earth's latitude, obesity rates are often 40 percent or greater among adults. However, in regions between 45 and 50 degrees latitude, such as the US‐Canadian border, obesity rates are 25%–30%. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b0ea2ac2537041c4a6c58c826b4ebbd02025-08-20T02:16:33ZengWileyFASEB BioAdvances2573-98322025-04-0174n/an/a10.1096/fba.2024-00140Global warming and obesity: External heat exposure as a modulator of energy balanceImani Muhammad0Francene Steinberg1Jennifer Larsen2Robert B. Rucker3Department of Nutrition University of California – Davis Davis California USADepartment of Nutrition University of California – Davis Davis California USAMolecular Biosciences School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis California USADepartment of Nutrition University of California – Davis Davis California USAAbstract In obesity research, the importance of core body temperature (CBT) regulation is often neglected. CBT thermogenic regulation, however, plays a crucial role in heat management through convection, radiation, and conduction processes to remove heat from the body, as well as metabolic processes that sequester heat through lipogenesis. This review emphasizes that even small changes in CBT can significantly impact metabolic events ranging from ATP production to fat deposition. Accordingly, a case is made that physical events, such as external heat exposure, also impact body compositional changes, as do work and metabolic processes. Examples are provided that suggest that independent diet and exercise, where one lives, can have an impact on body composition and obesity. For example, below 35 degrees of the earth's latitude, obesity rates are often 40 percent or greater among adults. However, in regions between 45 and 50 degrees latitude, such as the US‐Canadian border, obesity rates are 25%–30%.https://doi.org/10.1096/fba.2024-00140core body temperatureenergy metabolismglobal warmingobesitythermogenesis |
| spellingShingle | Imani Muhammad Francene Steinberg Jennifer Larsen Robert B. Rucker Global warming and obesity: External heat exposure as a modulator of energy balance FASEB BioAdvances core body temperature energy metabolism global warming obesity thermogenesis |
| title | Global warming and obesity: External heat exposure as a modulator of energy balance |
| title_full | Global warming and obesity: External heat exposure as a modulator of energy balance |
| title_fullStr | Global warming and obesity: External heat exposure as a modulator of energy balance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Global warming and obesity: External heat exposure as a modulator of energy balance |
| title_short | Global warming and obesity: External heat exposure as a modulator of energy balance |
| title_sort | global warming and obesity external heat exposure as a modulator of energy balance |
| topic | core body temperature energy metabolism global warming obesity thermogenesis |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1096/fba.2024-00140 |
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