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Tables of Contents for Animal Models-Disorders of Eating Behaviour and Body Composition
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
vii
Part 1 Human disorders of eating behavior and body composition
Obesity syndromes
1
18
The spectrum of eating disorders in humans
19
32
Free-choice diet selection - the economics of eating
51
18
Part 2 Diet selection and aberrations of body composition
Diet selection in wild animals
69
14
The animal within: lessons from the feeding behaviour of farm animals
83
14
Exercise and diet-induced obesity in mice
97
22
Part 3 Genetic models of animal obesity
The obesity (ob) gene and leptin in animal models of obesity
119
14
Genetic susceptibility of rodents to diet-induced obesity
133
26
Part 4 Genetic susceptibility to leanness in animals
Muscle enhanced traits in cattle and sheep
159
14
The halothane gene and leanness and stress susceptibility in pigs
173
20
Part 5 Anorexia models
The Anorexia Mouse
193
12
Anorexia-like wasting syndromes in pigs
205
18
Laboratory animal models for investigating the mechanisms and function of parasite-induced anorexia
223
20
Conclusion Implications for understanding and treating human eating disorders
243
4
Editorial
Index
247