Obesity and Inflammation: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Markers of Inflammation
Obesity is a public health problem that has reached epidemic proportions with an increasing worldwide prevalence. The global emergence of obesity increases the risk of developing chronic metabolic disorders. Thus, it is an economic issue that increased the costs of the comorbidities associated. More...
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| author | Heriberto Rodríguez-Hernández Luis E. Simental-Mendía Gabriela Rodríguez-Ramírez Miguel A. Reyes-Romero |
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| description | Obesity is a public health problem that has reached epidemic proportions with an increasing worldwide prevalence. The global emergence of obesity increases the risk of developing chronic metabolic disorders. Thus, it is an economic issue that increased the costs of the comorbidities associated. Moreover, in recent years, it has been demonstrated that obesity is associated with chronic systemic inflammation, this status is conditioned by the innate immune system activation in adipose tissue that promotes an increase in the production and release of pro-inflammatory cytokines that contribute to the triggering of the systemic acute-phase response which is characterized by elevation of acute-phase protein levels. On this regard, low-grade chronic inflammation is a characteristic of various chronic diseases such as metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and some cancers, among others, which are also characterized by obesity condition. Thus, a growing body of evidence supports the important role that is played by the inflammatory response in obesity condition and the pathogenesis of chronic diseases related. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7533684aee974d72a4e66811457fcf992025-08-20T03:33:34ZengWileyInternational Journal of Endocrinology1687-83371687-83452013-01-01201310.1155/2013/678159678159Obesity and Inflammation: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Markers of InflammationHeriberto Rodríguez-Hernández0Luis E. Simental-Mendía1Gabriela Rodríguez-Ramírez2Miguel A. Reyes-Romero3Biomedical Research Unit of the Mexican Social Security Institute at Durango, Predio Canoas 100, Los Angeles, 34067 Durango, DGO, MexicoBiomedical Research Unit of the Mexican Social Security Institute at Durango, Predio Canoas 100, Los Angeles, 34067 Durango, DGO, MexicoBiomedical Research Unit of the Mexican Social Security Institute at Durango, Predio Canoas 100, Los Angeles, 34067 Durango, DGO, MexicoFaculty of Medicine and Nutrition, Juárez University of Durango State, Av. Universidad and Fanny Anitúa s/n, Zona Centro, 34000 Durango, DGO, MexicoObesity is a public health problem that has reached epidemic proportions with an increasing worldwide prevalence. The global emergence of obesity increases the risk of developing chronic metabolic disorders. Thus, it is an economic issue that increased the costs of the comorbidities associated. Moreover, in recent years, it has been demonstrated that obesity is associated with chronic systemic inflammation, this status is conditioned by the innate immune system activation in adipose tissue that promotes an increase in the production and release of pro-inflammatory cytokines that contribute to the triggering of the systemic acute-phase response which is characterized by elevation of acute-phase protein levels. On this regard, low-grade chronic inflammation is a characteristic of various chronic diseases such as metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and some cancers, among others, which are also characterized by obesity condition. Thus, a growing body of evidence supports the important role that is played by the inflammatory response in obesity condition and the pathogenesis of chronic diseases related.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/678159 |
| spellingShingle | Heriberto Rodríguez-Hernández Luis E. Simental-Mendía Gabriela Rodríguez-Ramírez Miguel A. Reyes-Romero Obesity and Inflammation: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Markers of Inflammation International Journal of Endocrinology |
| title | Obesity and Inflammation: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Markers of Inflammation |
| title_full | Obesity and Inflammation: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Markers of Inflammation |
| title_fullStr | Obesity and Inflammation: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Markers of Inflammation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Obesity and Inflammation: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Markers of Inflammation |
| title_short | Obesity and Inflammation: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Markers of Inflammation |
| title_sort | obesity and inflammation epidemiology risk factors and markers of inflammation |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/678159 |
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