Carbon Dioxide Secretion And Weight Loss

Here is a hypothesis paper that suggests that carbon dioxide excretion maybe linked to problems with weight loss.  Abstract:

Weight regulation depends on the difference between weights of absorbed and metabolised carbon and excretion of the end products of metabolism, calories and carbon dioxide, which can be independently and variably excreted. Calories can be variably excreted as heat by vasoconstriction or vasodilation and carbon dioxide can be excreted variably as exhaled carbon dioxide (the major route of carbon excretion). Unless there are changes in ventilatory carbon excretion, 'metabolism,' 'genetic factors,' 'hormones' or 'exercise' do not provide complete explanatory mechanisms for weight changes, obesity and failure of diets. Low sensitivity of respiratory centres to carbon dioxide may cause overweight and dietary failures after initial weight loss.

Individuals less sensitive to carbon dioxide, and thus with impaired respiratory activity, may have more trouble with obesity and weight loss, opening up new avenues of prevention and treatment.