Research Ideas and Outcomes (Aug 2023)

The energy-rush and insulin model of obesity

  • Hangxing Jia

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.9.e108748
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Obesity has been a global health problem since the twentieth century. Despite the intensive research, there is no scientific consensus on the onset of obesity. The energy balance model (EBM) and the carbohydrate-insulin model (CIM) are two competing obesity theories, each with supporting and conflicting evidence. In this essay, I propose a new model, the energy-rush and insulin model (ERIM) which integrates not only the energy intake and expenditure, but also the food composition and digestibility, to explain how the high energy-rush and insulin secretion contribute to the development of obesity. The ERIM offers a novel framework to explain how obesity occurs and proposes new recommendations which may reverse the obesity epidemic in the future.

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