Regulation of Macronutrient Metabolism

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Course provides a comprehensive overview of macronutrient metabolism with an emphasis on issues relevant to human nutrition. Topics include regulation of macronutrient utilization by various tissues in response to food intake, energy stores, and energy expenditure; cellular pathways for integration of nutrient, growth, and stress signals; biological regulation of food intake and energy expenditure; the regulation of utilization of macronutrients for growth; dietary reference intakes for macronutrients; specialized functions of essential amino acids and essential fatty acids; lipoprotein and cholesterol metabolism; and the regulation, or dysregulation, of macronutrient utilization in various disease/physiological states.