Article: Symposium: Calorie restriction: Effects on body composition, insulin signaling and aging--introduction

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ABSTRACT At this time of increasing attention to the worldwide problem of obesity and its negative consequences for health and well being, it is timely to present a symposium on the effects of calorie restriction and the potential for calorie restriction mimetic therapies. The present symposium "Calorie Restriction: Effects on Body Composition, Insulin Signaling and Aging" was included in the Experimental Biology 2000 meeting held April 15-18, 2000 in San Diego, California. It is now recognized that calorie restriction carries with it many heretofore unrecognized consequences in addition to the life span-extending properties first described in the 1930s. This symposium ...

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