Recently, nutraceutical bioactive compounds in foods have been discovered for their
potential health benefits regarding the prevention of chronic disorders, such as cancer, and …

Strategies to reduce obesity have become public health priorities as the prevalence of
obesity has risen in the United States and around the world. While the anti-inflammatory and …

Maintaining the high standards that made the previous editions such well-respected and
widely used references, Food Lipids: Chemistry, Nutrition, and Biotechnology, Fourth Edition …

The n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs) such as eicosapentaenoic
(EPA) and docosahexaenoic (DHA) have been reported to improve obesity-associated …

Summary Type 2 diabetes (T2D) as well as cardiovascular disease (CVD) represent major
complications of obesity and associated metabolic disorders (metabolic syndrome). This …

Disturbances in fatty acid metabolism in adipose tissue, liver, skeletal muscle, gut and
pancreas play an important role in the development of insulin resistance, impaired glucose …

miRNAs are important regulators of biological processes in many tissues, including the
differentiation and function of brown and white adipocytes. The endoribonuclease dicer is a …

This review provides evidence for the importance of white and brown adipose tissue (ie WAT
and BAT) function for the maintenance of healthy metabolic phenotype and its preservation …

The tropical freshwater zebrafish has recently emerged as a valuable model organism for
the study of adipose tissue biology and obesity-related disease. The strengths of the …

Menopause-induced changes may include increased incidence of both depression/anxiety
and obesity. We hypothesized that behavioral changes that may develop after ovarian …