Overweight and obesity are health conditions tightly related to a number of metabolic
complications collectively called “metabolic syndrome”(MetS). Clinical diagnosis of MetS
includes the presence of the increased waist circumference or so‐called abdominal obesity,
reduced high density lipoprotein level, elevated blood pressure, and increased blood
glucose and triacylglyceride levels. Different approaches, including diet‐induced and
genetically induced animal models, have been developed to study MetS pathogenesis and …