The prevalence of obesity has reached pandemic proportions, and now approximately 25%
of adults in Westernized countries have obesity. Recognized as a major health concern …

Although intermittent increases in inflammation are critical for survival during physical injury
and infection, recent research has revealed that certain social, environmental and lifestyle …

Excessive sugar consumption is increasingly considered as a contributor to the emerging
epidemics of obesity and the associated cardiometabolic disease. Sugar is added to the diet …

Hypertension affects approximately one third of the world's adult population and is a major
cause of premature death despite considerable advances in pharmacological treatments …

Despite strong scientific evidence supporting the benefits of regular exercise for the
prevention and management of cardiovascular disease (CVD), physical inactivity is highly …

Behavioral researchers have increasingly become interested in the idea that chronic, low-
grade inflammation is a pathway through which social and behavioral variables exert long …

Human-associated microbial communities have adapted to environmental pressures. Doses
of antibiotics select for a community with increased antibiotic resistance, inflammation is …

The gut microbiota is a highly complex community which evolves and adapts to its host over
a lifetime. It has been described as a virtual organ owing to the myriad of functions it …

The prevalence of osteoarthritis (OA) is rising for reasons that are not fully understood. In this
Opinion article, we review the possibility that OA is an evolutionary mismatch disease, which …

Hunter‐gatherer populations are remarkable for their excellent metabolic and
cardiovascular health and thus are often used as models in public health, in an effort to …