Energy Homeostasis and Obesity
The concept of the gut as an endocrine organ is hardly a new. The gut peptide secretinwas the first substance to be termed a hormone whilst the appetite inhibitory actionsof cholecystokinin (CCK) were first reported over 30 years ago. However, inrecent years, further scientific endeavour in this field has been motivated by the needto develop new strategies to tackle the global pandemic of obesity.The prevalence of...
