Role of Obesity in Human Health and Disease

Many factors influence obesity including genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors. Studies have shown obesity to be related to increased risk of human diseases. Despite efforts by health professionals to regulate obesity, its prevalence has increased globally in the past few decades. A better u...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Rao, Venketeshwer (Editor), Rao, Leticia (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: IntechOpen 2021
Subjects:
Online Access:DOAB: download the publication
DOAB: description of the publication
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

MARC

LEADER 00000naaaa2200000uu 4500
001 doab_20_500_12854_131177
005 20231201
003 oapen
006 m o d
007 cr|mn|---annan
008 20231201s2021 xx |||||o ||| 0|eng d
020 |a intechopen.90990 
020 |a 9781839689802 
020 |a 9781839689796 
020 |a 9781839689819 
040 |a oapen  |c oapen 
024 7 |a 10.5772/intechopen.90990  |c doi 
041 0 |a eng 
042 |a dc 
072 7 |a MBN  |2 bicssc 
100 1 |a Rao, Venketeshwer  |4 edt 
700 1 |a Rao, Leticia  |4 edt 
700 1 |a Rao, Venketeshwer  |4 oth 
700 1 |a Rao, Leticia  |4 oth 
245 1 0 |a Role of Obesity in Human Health and Disease 
260 |b IntechOpen  |c 2021 
300 |a 1 electronic resource (208 p.) 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
506 0 |a Open Access  |2 star  |f Unrestricted online access 
520 |a Many factors influence obesity including genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors. Studies have shown obesity to be related to increased risk of human diseases. Despite efforts by health professionals to regulate obesity, its prevalence has increased globally in the past few decades. A better understanding of the causes of obesity and mechanisms by which obesity increases the risk of human diseases can lead to developing effective strategies that can save many lives worldwide. This book addresses some important aspects of the relationship between obesity and human health. Chapters cover such topics as body mass index, endocrine disorders, obesity, and endometrial cancer, the role of lifestyle factors in obesity, and much more. 
540 |a Creative Commons  |f https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  |2 cc  |4 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 
546 |a English 
650 7 |a Public health & preventive medicine  |2 bicssc 
653 |a oxidative stress, apoptosis, nutrition, insulin, cholesterol, physical activity 
856 4 0 |a www.oapen.org  |u https://mts.intechopen.com/storage/books/10223/authors_book/authors_book.pdf  |7 0  |z DOAB: download the publication 
856 4 0 |a www.oapen.org  |u https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/131177  |7 0  |z DOAB: description of the publication