Nutritional Adaptation In Man

Abstract: The Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Nutritional Adaptation in Man aims to explore the longer-term adaptations which take place in people habitually consuming different diets or who are subjected to increased metabolic demands. These adaptations include biochemical and physiological homeostatic mechanisms plus a variety of social adjustments. Contents include: 1) The causes and relationship of child growth retardation; 2) Nutritional adaptation and genetics; 3) Energy intake and expenditure; 4) Appetite control and other mechanisms of weight homeostasis; and 5) Consequence of protein deficiency in man. A postscript is included which reflects participants' attempts to define adaptation.