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 …

Over the last several years, the increasing prevalence of obesity has favored an intense
study of adipose tissue biology and the precise mechanisms involved in adipocyte …

Metabolomics is the analysis of endogenous and exogenous low molecular mass
metabolites within a cell, tissue, or biofluid of an organism in response to an external …

The environmental obesogen hypothesis proposes that exposure to endocrine disruptors
during developmental 'window'contributes to adipogenesis and the development of obesity …

Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are compounds that are part of everyday consumer
products and industrial manufacturing processes. EDCs can interfere with the endocrine …

Adult and childhood obesity have reached pandemic level proportions. The idea that caloric
excess and insufficient levels of physical activity leads to obesity is a commonly accepted …

Increasing evidence from epidemiological, animal and in vitro studies suggests that the
increased production of synthetic chemicals that interfere with the proper functioning of the …

Objective Metabolomics may unravel global metabolic changes in response to
environmental exposures and identify important biological pathways involved in the …

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are considered as potential obesogens that may affect
adipose tissue development and functioning, thus promoting obesity. However, various …