Body composition is a key component for maintaining good general health and longevity. It
can be influenced by a variety of factors, including genetics, environment, and lifestyle …

Obesity, a worldwide epidemic, confers increased risk for multiple serious conditions,
including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and …

Objective Development of these guidelines is mandated by the American Association of
Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) Board of Directors and the American College of …

Obesity is the most extended metabolic alteration worldwide increasing the risk for the
development of cardiometabolic alterations such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and …

Obesity-related disease complications reduce life quality and expectancy and increase
health-care costs. Some studies have suggested that obesity not always entails metabolic …

Obesity is characterized by the accumulation of an excessive amount of fat mass (FM) in the
adipose tissue, subcutaneous, or inside certain organs. The risk does not lie so much in the …

The gut microbiota is a complex community of bacteria residing in the intestine. Animal
models have demonstrated that several factors contribute to and can significantly alter the …

The pro-inflammatory state of the visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is supposed to accelerate
cardiovascular (CV) and metabolic diseases in obese subjects. Some studies have recently …

Adipose tissue constitutes an extremely active endocrine organ with a network of signaling
pathways enabling the organism to adapt to a wide range of different metabolic challenges …

The escalating prevalence of obesity has been linked to substantial increases in both
metabolic and cardiovascular disease. Nevertheless, the direct effects of obesity on …