(GIP) in the regulation of gastric emptying (GE), appetite, energy intake (EI), energy expenditure (EE), plasma levels of triglycerides (TAG), and free fatty acids (FFA) in humans. First, 20 healthy males received intravenous infusion of GIP (0.8 pmol · kg Ϫ1 · min Ϫ1 ) or saline for 300 min during and after a fixed meal (protocol 1). GE was measured using paracetamol, appetite sensations using visual analog scales, EE using indirect calorimetry, and EI during a subsequent ad libitum meal (at 300 min). Next, 10 healthy males received intravenous infusions of Intralipid, glucose, or Intralipid plus glucose, with and without GIP (1.5 pmol · kg Ϫ1 · min Ϫ1 ) for 300 min (protocol 2). In protocol 1, GIP did not have any effect on GE, EI, EE, removal of TAG, or FFA and did not influence the subjective feeling of hunger, satiety, fullness or prospective food consumption compared with saline. In protocol 2, no difference was seen in the plasma TAG on Intralipid ϩ GIP/saline and Intralipid ϩ glucose ϩ GIP/saline days. FFA concentrations were lower on Intralipid ϩ glucose ϩ GIP/saline days (P Ͻ 0.05) compared with Intralipid ϩ GIP/saline days and on Intralipid ϩ GIP day (P Ͻ 0.004) compared with Intralipid ϩ saline day. Insulin increased on all GIP days compared with saline days (P Ͻ 0.05). In conclusion, while confirming its insulinotropic effects, these data suggest that GIP does not affect GE, appetite, energy intake, EE, or the clearance rate of the applied TAG formulation in humans. However, both insulin and GIP lower post-Intralipid FFA concentration, GIP probably via stimulation of insulin secretion, increasing FFA reesterification. gastric emptying; energy intake; energy expenditure; appetite; insulin OBESITY IS A CONSEQUENCE of an imbalance between food intake and energy expenditure, and several lines of evidence suggest a role for glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) in the development of obesity. GIP is a hormone secreted from endocrine K cells located in the proximal part of the small intestine in connection with food intake (18,31,38), and it stimulates insulin secretion in a glucose-dependent manner (2,11,36). Early observations of elevated plasma GIP concentrations in type 2 diabetic patients (8,12,14,43) and obese diabetic ob/ob mice (21) drew attention to a possible role of GIP in fat metabolism. This is supported by studies (3) demonstrating that high-fat feeding induced K-cell hyperplasia and enhanced GIP gene expression. Furthermore, it has been shown that GIP is released by lipids and that 24-h GIP profiles parallel the plasma concentration of triglycerides (TAG; Ref. 15), leading to speculation that GIP might play a part in the postprandial regulation of TAG. In dogs, infusion of GIP significantly lowered the rise in plasma TAG after infusion of chylomicrons (45), while in rats exogenous and endogenous GIP lowered the plasma TAG response to a fat load (13). In adipose tissue, GIP has been shown to stimulate glucose transport and increase fatty acid synthesis (24), enhance lipoprotein...