Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) contribute to a large part of worldwide mortality. Similarly,
two of the major risk factors for these diseases, aging and obesity, are also global problems …

Overall excess of fat, usually defined by the body mass index, is associated with metabolic
(eg. glucose intolerance, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), dyslipidemia) and non-metabolic …

La obesidad es una enfermedad crónica de origen multifactorial, asociada a
complicaciones de salud potencialmente graves, y con una elevada prevalencia a nivel …

The mechanism by which adipocyte-derived endocrine factors promote insulin resistance in
skeletal muscle are not fully understood. MiR-27a is highly expressed in sera of obese …

Building upon Ellie Whitney and Sharon Rady Rolfes' classic text, this fourth Australian and
New Zealand edition of Understanding Nutrition is a practical and engaging introduction to …

In this study, the authors analyzed whether chronotypes, sleep duration, and sleep
sufficiency are associated with cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes by using the …

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a complex metabolic disorder with various contributing
factors including genetics, epigenetics, environment and lifestyle such as diet. The hallmarks …

Background: Triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index, a product of triglyceride and fasting plasma
glucose, is a novel tool that can identify people with metabolic syndrome (MS). It is unknown …

Abstract Purpose of Review This perspective is motivated by the need to question dogma
that does not work: that the problem is insulin resistance (IR). We highlight the need to …

Aims To investigate the relationship between the triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index, a novel
surrogate index of insulin resistance (IR), and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in a systematic …