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Food insecurity increases energetic efficiency, not food consumption: an exploratory study in European starlings

Food insecurity—defined as limited or unpredictable access to nutritionally adequate food—is associated with higher body mass in humans and birds. It is widely assumed that food insecurity-induced fattening is caused by increased food consumption, but there is little evidence supporting this in any...

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Autores principales: Bateson, Melissa, Andrews, Clare, Dunn, Jonathon, Egger, Charlotte B.C.M., Gray, Francesca, Mchugh, Molly, Nettle, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8166238/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34123601
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11541