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The human stomach can relax and expand to 25 times its normal "resting" volume, which explains why "we can pack in our Christmas dinner or our Thanksgiving dinner, or whatever festival we choose to think of," says Brian King, a senior lecturer in physiology at University College London.
Dr. Raj Padwal says the research is important. "This is really what we need. We don't fully understand all of the mechanisms involved in body weight regulation and eating behaviour," says Padwal, medical lead of the Capital Health Regional Obesity Program in Edmonton. "We're sort of crying for new therapies because the existing ones are quite limited, particularly when you look at drug therapy."See the full content of this document
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