title: How NOT to approach the obesity problem.
abstract: The emphasis given to the energy balance equation has fostered the widespread belief that obesity is a problem of energy balance. This mistaken view has led to many unjustified and unfortunate interpretations, because obesity is, rather, a problem of the interaction between body composition and food intake regulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655, USA.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Flatt
mesh_terms: D001823:Body Composition; D004435:Eating; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology*