Thermogenic ingredients and body weight regulation

The global prevalence of obesity has increased considerably in the last decade. Tools for obesity management, including consumption of caffeine, capsaicin and different teas such as green, white and oolong tea, have been proposed as strategies for weight loss and weight maintenance, as they may incr...

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Published in:International Journal of Obesity 2010-04, Vol.34 (4), p.659-669
Main Authors: Hursel, R, Westerterp-Plantenga, M.S
Format: Article
Language:English
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Adipose tissue
Biological and medical sciences
Body fat
Body mass index
Body weight
Body Weight - drug effects
Caffeine
Caffeine - pharmacology
capsaicin
Capsaicin - metabolism
Capsaicin - pharmacology
Development and progression
diet
Energy
Energy balance
energy expenditure
Energy Metabolism - drug effects
Energy Metabolism - physiology
Epidemiology
food composition
foods
green tea
Health aspects
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
heat production
human nutrition
Humans
Internal Medicine
Life sciences
lipid metabolism
lipolysis
literature reviews
Medical sciences
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Metabolic Diseases
Metabolism
Nervous system
nutrition physiology
Nutritional aspects
Obesity
Obesity - drug therapy
Obesity - physiopathology
Oolong tea
Overweight
Oxidation
Oxidation-Reduction - drug effects
Polyphenols
Proteins
Public Health
review
Risk factors
satiety
sympathetic nervous system
Tea
tea (beverage)
Thermogenesis
Thermogenesis - drug effects
Thermogenesis - physiology
Weight control
Weight loss
Weight Loss - drug effects
Weight Loss - physiology
white adipose tissue
white tea
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Summary:The global prevalence of obesity has increased considerably in the last decade. Tools for obesity management, including consumption of caffeine, capsaicin and different teas such as green, white and oolong tea, have been proposed as strategies for weight loss and weight maintenance, as they may increase energy expenditure (4–5%), fat oxidation (10–16%) and have been proposed to counteract the decrease in metabolic rate that is present during weight loss. Daily increases in thermogenesis of approximately 300–400 kJ can eventually lead to substantial weight loss. However, it becomes clearer that certain conditions have to be met before thermogenic ingredients yield an effect, as intra-variability with respect to body weight regulation has been shown between subjects. Furthermore, the sympathetic nervous system is involved in the regulation of lipolysis, and the sympathetic innervation of white adipose tissue may have an important role in the regulation of total body fat in general. Taken together, these functional ingredients have the potential to produce significant effects on metabolic targets such as satiety, thermogenesis and fat oxidation. A significant clinical outcome may sometimes appear straightforward and may also depend very strongly on full compliance of subjects. Nevertheless, thermogenic ingredients may be considered as functional agents that could help in preventing a positive energy balance and obesity.
ISSN:0307-0565
1476-5497
DOI:10.1038/ijo.2009.299