Control of Feed Intake and the Fat Depots

Energy balance appears to be regulated in many mammals so that growth rate is nearly constant in young animals, and body energy content is nearly constant in mature animals in many environmental and physiological conditions. The results of many experiments indicate that the fa~ depots, which are the major energy reserve, are maintained at about the same level and may be the basis of energy balance regulation. The control of meal size and frequency requires a hunger-satiety system which involves a composite signal from