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Obesity phenotypes: depot-differences in adipose tissue and their clinical implications.
Eating and weight disorders : EWD - 1 Feb 2018
Guglielmi Valeria, Sbraccia Paolo
Abstract excerpt
Obesity, defined as excess fat mass, increases risks for multiple chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and several types of cancer. Beyond adiposity per se, the pattern of fat distribution, android or truncal as compared to gynoid or peripheral, has a profound influence on systemic metabolism and hence risk for obesity complications. Not only factors as genetics, environment, gender,...
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