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

Several lines of preclinical and clinical research have confirmed that chronic low-grade
inflammation of adipose tissue is mechanistically linked to metabolic disease and organ …

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 …

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States and in much of the
westernized world, contributing to considerable morbidity. Several of these obesity-related …

With the rising prevalence of obesity has come an increasing awareness of its impact on
communicable disease. As a consequence of the 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus pandemic …

Lines of evidence from several studies have shown that increases in life expectancy are now
accompanied by increased disability rate. The expanded lifespan of the aging population …

The epidemic of obesity is a major challenge for health policymakers due to its far-reaching
effects on population health and potentially overwhelming financial burden on healthcare …

During aging, body adiposity increases with changes in the metabolism of lipids and their
metabolite levels. Considering lipid metabolism, excess adiposity with increased lipotoxicity …

Conditions and comorbidities of obesity mirror those of ageing and age‐related diseases.
Obesity and ageing share a similar spectrum of phenotypes such as compromised genomic …

Obesity can cause a decline in contractile function of skeletal muscle, thereby reducing
mobility and promoting obesity-associated health risks. We reviewed the literature to …