Evaluation of Allostatic Load as a Marker of Chronic Stress in Children and the Importance of Excess Weight

• Main Authors: Valeria Calcaterra (Author), Federica Vinci (Author), Giulia Casari (Author), Gloria Pelizzo (Author), Annalisa de Silvestri (Author), Mara De Amici (Author), Riccardo Albertini (Author), Corrado Regalbuto (Author), Chiara Montalbano (Author), Daniela Larizza (Author), Hellas Cena (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Introduction: Allostatic load (AL) refers to the physiological response associated with the burden of chronic stress. Excessive weight is an important source of physiological stress that promotes a detrimental chronic low-inflammation state. In order to define a correlation between cumulative biolog...