Hormones, Metabolism and the Benefits of Exercise

• Main Author: Bruce Spiegelman (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2018
• Series: Research and Perspectives in Endocrine Interactions
• Subjects: human brown adipose tissue plasticity; type 2 diabetes; Tryptophan-kynurenine metabolites; metabolic diseases; muscle glycogen; AMPK; skeletal muscle microRNAs; FNDC5/irisin; obesity
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The world is faced with an epidemic of metabolic diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. This is due to changes in dietary habits and the decrease in physical activity. Exercise is usually part of the prescription, the first line of defense, to prevent or treat metabolic disorders. However, we...