About the Book: Human Metabolism: A Regulatory Perspective
The updated bestselling guide to human metabolism and metabolic regulation
The revised and comprehensively updated new edition of Human Metabolism
(formerly Metabolic Regulation-A Human Perspective) offers a current and
integrated review of metabolism and metabolic regulation. The authors explain
difficult concepts in clear and concise terms in order to provide an accessible
and essential guide to the topic. This comprehensive text covers a wide range of
topics such as energy balance, body weight regulation, exercise, and how the
body copes with extreme situations, and illustrates how metabolic regulation
allows the human body to adapt to many different conditions.