Abstract: Obesity is a global heath issue presenting increased mortality and morbidity. It is characterised by multifactorial diseases (Diabetes, fatty liver, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and cardiovascular disease and cancer). Obesity is due to chronic imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure leading to excess accumulation of fat in adipose tissue. This review endeavours on key factors, metabolites, neuroendocrine regulation, microbiota and role of adipokines on obesity which can be applied in development of new strategies in combating obesity.
Keywords: Obesity, Adipose tissue, gut microbiota and adipokines.
Title: OBESITY – An Overview
Author: Asra Fathima, Farhath Khanum
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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