Obesity, a major risk factor for the development of diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases
and certain types of cancer, arises from a chronic positive energy balance that is often due to …

Simple Summary Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an unmet medical need due to
its increasingly high incidence, severe clinical consequences, and the absence of feasible …

Excess body adiposity, especially abdominal obesity and ectopic fat accumulation, are key
risk factors in the development of a number of chronic diseases. The advent of in vivo …

Obesity is an established risk factor for postmenopausal breast cancer. The mechanisms
through which obesity influences the development and progression of breast cancer are not …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship of ghrelin and leptin hormones with body mass
index (BMI) and waist circumference in a population-based random sample of adult men …

Aims/hypothesis The aim of this study was to investigate the association of leptin levels with
incident diabetes in middle-aged adults, taking into account factors purportedly related to …

The energy demands of pregnancy and lactation together with the accumulation of stored fat
in human females during development suggest that a critical level of fat may be required for …

Adipose tissue is an endocrine organ able to produce a wide series of pleiotropic molecules,
defined “adipokines”. In addition to the regulation of food intake and energy metabolism …

Background Obesity and high blood pressure (BP) commonly coexist in patients, and both
conditions are associated with elevated sympathetic nervous activity. We tested whether the …

High consumption of fruit and vegetables has an inverse association with cardiometabolic
risk factors. This study aimed to chemically characterize the hydroethanolic extract of P …