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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Dietger MathiasPublisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K Edition: 1st ed. 2016 Dimensions: Width: 16.80cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 2.681kg ISBN: 9783662491942ISBN 10: 366249194 Pages: 121 Publication Date: 13 May 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Professional & Vocational , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPivotal long-term.- The human body – a giant chemical factory.- Our food – an energy transfer medium .- Energy production.- Energy production when food is scarce.- Energy expenditure I – basal metabolic rate.- Energy expenditure II – heat production.- Energy expenditure III – active metabolic rate.- Physical activity level.- Control of energy metabolism in the brain.- Control of energy metabolism by endogenous hormones.- Control of energy metabolism – the reward system.ReviewsAuthor InformationDietger Mathias, born in 1939 in Berlin, studied chemistry and medicine in Berlin and Heidelberg, receiving his doctoral degree in both subjects and his post-doctoral lecturer qualification in medicine; for one year, he was a research fellow under Severo Ochoa at New York University, the 1959 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology. Afterwards, he spent two years as a research assistant at the Hannover Medical School (MHH) and the following eighteen years at Heidelberg University Hospital, where he earned his specialization in laboratory medicine/transfusion medicine. From 1992 to 2012, Dr. Mathias ran a private practice in Geesthacht and Berlin, Germany. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |