Almost 2 billion adults in the world are overweight, and more than half of them are classified
as obese, while nearly one-third of children globally experience poor growth and …

Obesity is a multifactorial disease with both genetic and environmental components. The
prevailing view is that obesity results from an imbalance between energy intake and …

Secondary bile acids (SBAs) are derived from primary bile acids (PBAs) in a process reliant
on biosynthetic capabilities possessed by few microbes. To evaluate the role of BAs in …

The recent epidemics of metabolic diseases, obesity, type 2 diabetes (T2D), liver lipid
disorders and metabolic syndrome have largely been attributed to genetic background and …

Abstract The Endocrine Society's first Scientific Statement in 2009 provided a wake-up call to
the scientific community about how environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) …

Obesity is a worldwide pandemic in adults as well as children and adds greatly to health
care costs through its association with type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular …

Abstract Metabolic Syndrome and Associated Diseases: From the Bench to the Clinic, a
Society of Toxicology Contemporary Concepts in Toxicology (CCT) workshop was held on …

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is often the hepatic expression of metabolic
syndrome and its comorbidities that comprise, among others, obesity and insulin-resistance …

Obesity results from a caloric imbalance between energy intake, absorption and
expenditure. In both rodents and humans, diet-induced thermogenesis contributes to energy …

The incidence of obesity has reached an all-time high, and this increase is observed
worldwide. There is a growing need to understand all the factors that contribute to obesity to …