Obesity is a multifactorial disease in which environmental conditions and several genes play
an important role in the development of this disease. Obesity is associated with …

Since its discovery twenty-five years ago, the fat-derived hormone leptin has provided a
revolutionary framework for studying the physiological role of adipose tissue as an …

Previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified hundreds of genetic loci
to be associated with body mass index (BMI) and risk of obesity. Genetic effects can differ …

Background Nutrition is a prerequisite for health; yet, there is no special nutritional
assessment or guidance for drug and alcohol dependent individuals, despite the fact that …

Alcohol represents an important source of energy. Despite its comparatively high energy
content of 7.1 g/kcal, it is still controversial whether moderate amounts of alcohol represent a …

Alcohol abuse; the most common and costly form of drug abuse, is a major contributing
factor to many disease categories. The alcohol-attributable disease burden is closely related …

Chronic alcohol consumption perturbs lipid metabolism as it increases adipose tissue
lipolysis and leads to ectopic fat deposition within the liver and the development of alcoholic …

Background: Ghrelin is a peptide produced mainly by the gut and hypothalamus. Ghrelin is
able to stimulate food‐seeking behavior. Alcohol‐craving and food‐seeking behavior could …

Objective: Data on associations between facial aging and smoking or alcohol consumption
are generally derived from small studies, and therefore, vary. The aim of this large …

Preclinical studies have largely supported that alcohol-consumption induces the
development of an important neuro-inflammation and this neuro-inflammation contributes to …