Kinesiology 585    ENERGY METABOLISM

05/10/08

COURSE CONTENT: Designed for senior undergraduate students and graduate students in kinesiology, nutrition, and biology. The course is centered on how humans store and use the fuel required for energy transduction. Specific topics include pathways by which nutrients are stored, accessed and oxidized to provide ATP; hormonal regulation of energy balance, trafficking of metabolic fuels; impact of diet composition and/or physical activity on regulation of body weight, pathophysiology of obesity and insulin resistance etc. Through lectures, discussion, reading of primary and secondary literature and a group research project, this course will provide the framework necessary to evaluate scientific information related to energy intake, energy expenditure and health with open-minded skepticism.  

******************  Papers for Question 4 of the take-home final:

Ross Ex w no weight loss 2005.pdf

 Klein et al NEJM 2004 Liposuction insulin action CVD.pdf

See "class notes" page for the "Myokine Lecture'

The website will be used to post lecture questions, supplemental readings, links to relevant sites, keys to quizzes, study questions, information about upcoming conferences, etc., etc. so check often.

                              LECTURES:  M, W, F  9:05-9:55 in 136 Arnold

TEXT:  Bioenergetics Primer for Exercise Science, by Jie Kang, PhD,  Human Kinetics, 2008. Other reading will be assigned as needed.