Adipose tissue plays essential roles in maintaining lipid and glucose homeostasis. To date
several types of adipose tissue have been identified, namely white, brown, and beige, that …

It is widely accepted that increasing adiposity is associated with insulin resistance and
increased risk of type 2 diabetes. The predominant paradigm used to explain this link is the …

We employed a whole body magnetic resonance imaging protocol to examine the influence
of age, gender, body weight, and height on skeletal muscle (SM) mass and distribution in a …

The purpose of this study was to develop and cross-validate predictive equations for
estimating skeletal muscle (SM) mass using bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA). Whole …

Mitochondrial defects are implicated in multiple diseases and aging. Exercise training is an
accessible, inexpensive therapeutic intervention that can improve mitochondrial …

The loss of muscle mass is widespread in age-related health phenomena in the elderly
population. This study examined the prevalence of sarcopenia in a community-dwelling …

Although obesity is often associated with insulin resistance and a cluster of metabolic
disturbances, the existence of a subgroup of healthy but obese individuals has been …

BACKGROUND: It is widely accepted that increasing adiposity is associated with insulin
resistance and increased risk of type II diabetes. The predominant paradigm used to explain …

Fibrates and glitazones are two classes of drugs currently used in the treatment of
dyslipidemia and insulin resistance (IR), respectively. Whereas glitazones are insulin …

The relationship between obesity and diabetes is of such interdependence that the term
'diabesity'has been coined. The passage from obesity to diabetes is made by a progressive …