Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Matters Arising
  • Published:

No paradox in the control of energy intake

Nature volume 275, page 345 (1978)Cite this article

Access through your institution
Buy or subscribe

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Access through your institution

Buy this article

  • Purchase on SpringerLink
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Rothwell, N. J. & Stock, M. J. Nature 273, 146–147 (1978).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Widdowson, E. M. & McCance, R. A. Proc. R. Soc. B 158, 329–340 (1963).

    ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Mickelsen, O., Takahashi, S. & Craig, C. J. Nutr. 57, 541–554 (1955).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Sclafani, A. & Springer, D. Physiol. Behav. 17, 461–471 (1976).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Kleiber, M. The Fire of Life (Wiley, New York, 1961).

    Google Scholar 

  6. Adolph, E. F. Am. J. Physiol. 151, 110–125 (1947).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Ugolev, A. M. & Kassil, V. G. Usp. sovrem. Biol. 51, 352–368 (1961).

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  8. Booth, D. A. Physiol. Behav. 9, 199–202 (1972).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Toates, F. M. & Booth, D. A. Nature 251, 710–711 (1974).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Silverstone, J. (ed.) Appetite and Food Intake (Dahlem Konferenzen, Berlin, 1976).

  11. Booth, D. A., Toates, F. M. & Platt, S. V. in Hunger: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Implications (eds Novin, D., Wyrwicka, W. & Bray, G.) 127–143 (Raven, New York, 1976).

    Google Scholar 

  12. Booth, D. A. & Mather, P. in Hunger Models: Computable Theory of Feeding Control (ed. Booth, D. A.) (Academic, New York, in the press).

  13. Wirtshafter, D. & Davis, J. Physiol. Behav. 19, 75–78 (1977).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

    D. A. BOOTH

  2. Division of Psychology, Preston Polytechnic, Preston, UK

    F. M. TOATES

Authors
  1. D. A. BOOTH
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

  2. F. M. TOATES
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

BOOTH, D., TOATES, F. No paradox in the control of energy intake. Nature 275, 345 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/275345a0

Download citation

  • Issue date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/275345a0

This article is cited by

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing