Taking on the Obesity Epidemic : Researchers Wage a Big Fat Fight in Efforts to Combat This Global Health Issue.

Taking on the Obesity Epidemic : Researchers Wage a Big Fat Fight in Efforts to Combat This Global Health Issue.

IEEE Pulse. 2017 Jul-Aug;8(4):15-19

Authors: Mertz L

Abstract
If obesity were tied only to too much food or too little physical activity, the cure would be a simple matter of counting calories or keeping track of steps with a pedometer. Unfortunately, obesity is much more complex. Many other factors come into play, including so-called hunger genes that make a person more susceptible to obesity, infection with certain pathogens linked to weight gain, hormones that dampen or stimulate appetite, sleep disruption that can trigger overeating, and social networks that can promote obesity.

PMID: 28715307 [PubMed - in process]

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