Erythrocyte Sodium-Potassium-ATPase and Sodium Transport in Obesity

Abstract

OBESITY, or stored energy in the form of excess fat, is a physical expression of a positive energy balance. From time to time, arguments against such a truism have arisen, mainly because most dietetic surveys have failed to show that obese people eat more than lean people do. Apart from many difficulties experienced by various investigators in reliably measuring energy intake and expenditure,¹ an important reason for the ability of some lean subjects to eat more than obese people may involve their energy expenditure for various cell functions of the body. For example, the well-known sodium pump may vary in . . .