{"id":708,"date":"2011-07-13T14:32:05","date_gmt":"2011-07-13T18:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/?p=708"},"modified":"2011-07-13T14:32:05","modified_gmt":"2011-07-13T18:32:05","slug":"metabolism-and-body-weight-focus-of-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/13\/metabolism-and-body-weight-focus-of-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Metabolism and Body Weight Focus of Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_709\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MetabolismAction_blog.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-709\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-709\" title=\"MetabolismAction_blog\" src=\"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MetabolismAction_blog-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MetabolismAction_blog-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MetabolismAction_blog-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/MetabolismAction_blog.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Experts in nutrition and physiology join mathematicians to explore the value of mathematical model in understanding the dynamics of metabolism and body weight regulation.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With more than two-thirds of Americans considered overweight and  more than one-third categorized as  obese, understanding mechanisms behind weight gain, loss, and  maintenance is a major national goal.  Thirty-five researchers from around the world are gathered at NIMBioS this week to explore mathematical modeling of metabolism and body weight regulation. Models aid in understanding changes in body composition during weight  loss or gain, the degree of individual adherence to a diet or exercise  plan, and long\u2010term effects of changes in diet and exercise on an  individual\u2019s weight.\u00a0 Mathematical models have also been applied to understand how metabolic rate  varies among animal species and the contribution of reduced physical  activity and increased food consumption to the current obesity epidemic. Mathematicians and experts in nutrition and physiology are exploring these themes in the workshop, which is co-organized by <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.niddk.nih.gov\/NIDDKLabs\/IntramuralFaculty\/HallKevin.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin D. Hall<\/a> (NIDDK, National Institutes of Health); <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbrc.edu\/the-center\/faculty\/?EmployeeID=4060\" target=\"_blank\">Steven B. Heymsfield<\/a> (Global Director,  Scientific Affairs, Obesity, Merck &amp; Co., Inc.); and <a href=\"http:\/\/pages.csam.montclair.edu\/%7Ethomasd\/\" target=\"_blank\">Diana M. Thomas<\/a> (Assoc. Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Montclair State Univ.).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With more than two-thirds of Americans considered overweight and more than one-third categorized as obese, understanding mechanisms behind weight gain, loss, and maintenance is a major national goal. Thirty-five researchers from around the world are gathered at NIMBioS this week &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/13\/metabolism-and-body-weight-focus-of-workshop\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[97],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":712,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708\/revisions\/712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}