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Energy Metabolism

Energy metabolism is the subset of metabolic processes governing the acquisition, transformation, storage, and expenditure of chemical energy, centered on the oxidation of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins and the production of ATP through glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and oxidative phosphorylation. It is regul…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 23× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2379-7835 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Energy metabolism is the subset of metabolic processes governing the acquisition, transformation, storage, and expenditure of chemical energy, centered on the oxidation of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins and the production of ATP through glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and oxidative phosphorylation. It is regulated by hormonal signals, including thyroid hormones and insulin, and by the activity of redox enzymes and mitochondrial pathways, and its balance with energy intake determines body weight, adiposity, and metabolic health. In nutrition science, energy metabolism is studied to understand obesity, energy balance, oxidative stress, and the physiology of adipose tissue. The peer-reviewed work in this area reflects these themes, including dietary regimens aimed at reversing obesity, the role of nutritional antioxidants in oxidative processes and biological aging, the adaptive contribution of thyroid hormones in obesity, redox enzymes in free-radical scavenging, the physiology of adipose tissue, and the regulation of metabolic enzymes by glucose and insulin. Studies of food energy density and weight maintenance situate energy intake within management strategies. Methods span clinical and physiological measurement, biochemical and metabolomic profiling, and mechanistic and model studies of energy-handling pathways. This body of research treats energy metabolism as the quantitative foundation linking dietary energy to body composition, metabolic regulation, and chronic-disease risk.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2019

Adaptive Contribution of Thyroid Hormones in Obesity

Ozcelik FatihCorresponding author
University of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Istanbul, Turkey
Exact topic International Journal of Negative Results Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2641-9181.ijnr-18-2530

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 23 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Energy Metabolism, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Nutrition (ISSN 2379-7835).

Journal editorial board
Kadri Koppel · United States Alicja Kuban-Jankowska · Poland Luigia Pazzagli · Italy

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