In the past thirty years, childhood obesity rates have risen significantly worldwide, affecting
over 340 million children in affluent nations. This surge is intricately tied to metabolic …

Circadian rhythms are endogenous behavioral or physiological cycles that are driven by a
daily biological clock that persists in the absence of geophysical or environmental temporal …

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease is a growing worldwide pandemic. A
limited number of studies have investigated the potential effect of Ramadan fasting on …

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is characterized by lipid
accumulation in the liver due to an excess in their supplies or an impairment in their …

Adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL), encoded by the PNPLA2 gene in humans, hydrolyzes
triacylglycerols to diacylglycerols. PNPLA2 is regulated by insulin, and under conditions of …

Type 2 diabetes is an inflammatory, non-infectious disease characterized by dysfunctional
pancreatic β-cells and insulin resistance. Although lifestyle, genetic, and environmental …

The gut microbiome plays a critical role in maintaining gut and metabolic health, and its
composition is often altered by aging and obesity. This study aimed to investigate the …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is characterized by over 5% hepatic fat
accumulation without secondary causes. The prevalence of NAFLD has escalated in recent …

The combination of alcohol and a low-carbohydrate, high-protein, high-fat atherogenic diet
(AD) increases the risk of lethal arrhythmias in apolipoprotein E/low-density lipoprotein …

Objective To explore the connection between metabolic parameters and the severity of
hepatic steatosis determined through ultrasound in elderly individuals with metabolic …