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An orexigenic, or appetite stimulant, is a drug, hormone, or compound that increases appetite and may induce hyperphagia.This can be a medication or a naturally occurring neuropeptide hormone, such as ghrelin, orexin or neuropeptide Y, [1] [2] which increases hunger and therefore enhances food consumption.
Glucomannan is a water-soluble polysaccharide that is considered a dietary fiber.It is a hemicellulose component in the cell walls of some plant species. Glucomannan is a food additive used as an emulsifier and thickener.
In 2008, the first prevalence of US adults above 20 years was published, based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys from 1999 to 2004, finding that 24% of normal-weight adults were metabolically abnormal; on the other hand 49% of overweight adults and 68% of obese adults were metabolically abnormal.
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy by gender. The Healthy Life Years (HLY) indicator, also known as disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) or Sullivan's Index, is a European structural indicator computed by Eurostat.
Chemotaxis behavior mediated by single larval olfactory neurons in Drosophila. Current Biol. 2005 Dec 6;15(23):2086-96. Mattias C Larsson, Ana I Domingos, Walton D Jones, M Eugenia Chiappe, Hubert Amrein, Leslie B Vosshall. Or83b encodes a broadly expressed odorant receptor essential for Drosophila olfaction. Neuron. 2004 September 2;43(5):703-14.
The thrifty genotype hypothesis has been used to explain high, and rapidly escalating, levels of obesity and diabetes among groups newly introduced to western diets and environments, from South Pacific Islanders, [9] to Sub Saharan Africans, [10] to Native Americans in the Southwestern United States, [11] to Inuit.
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 20, 2025, the 119th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
Representative Party District Seniority date Previous service [2] Notes 1 Don Young: R Alaska at-large: March 6, 1973 Dean of the House Died on March 18, 2022. 2 Hal Rogers: R Kentucky 5: January 3, 1981 Dean of the House from March 18, 2022 3 Chris Smith: R New Jersey 4 4 Steny Hoyer: D Maryland 5: May 19, 1981 Majority Leader 5 Marcy Kaptur: D