A potential link between visceral obesity and risk of Alzheimer's disease

HM Al-Kuraishy, AI Al-Gareeb, AA Alsayegh… - Neurochemical …, 2023 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia characterized by the
deposition of amyloid beta (Aβ) plaques and tau-neurofibrillary tangles in the brain. Visceral …

Molecular mechanisms of insulin resistance and associated diseases

B Mlinar, J Marc, A Janež, M Pfeifer - Clinica chimica acta, 2007 - Elsevier
Insulin resistance is a state in which higher than normal concentrations of insulin are
required for normal response. The most common underlying cause is central obesity …

[BOOK][B] Clinical exercise physiology: exercise management for chronic diseases and special populations

JK Ehrman, PM Gordon, PS Visich, SJ Keteyian - 2022 - books.google.com
Clinical Exercise Physiology, Fifth Edition With HKPropel Access, is a comprehensive guide
to the clinical aspects of exercise physiology, investigating 24 chronic diseases and …

Fat as an endocrine organ: relationship to the metabolic syndrome

L Hutley, JB Prins - The American journal of the medical sciences, 2005 - Elsevier
Obesity and the metabolic syndrome have both reached pandemic proportions. Together
they have the potential to impact on the incidence and severity of cardiovascular …

Adipokines: implications for female fertility and obesity

M Mitchell, DT Armstrong, RL Robker… - …, 2005 - rep.bioscientifica.com
Obesity is associated with a diverse set of metabolic disorders, and has reproductive
consequences that are complex and not well understood. The adipose tissue-produced …

The early origins of obesity and insulin resistance: timing, programming and mechanisms

LM Nicholas, JL Morrison, L Rattanatray… - International journal of …, 2016 - nature.com
Maternal obesity is associated with an increased risk of develo** gestational diabetes
mellitus and it also results in an increased risk of giving birth to a large baby with increased …

[HTML][HTML] Obesity and kidney disease: from population to basic science and the search for new therapeutic targets

A Whaley-Connell, JR Sowers - Kidney international, 2017 - Elsevier
The global burden of kidney disease is increasing strikingly in parallel with increases in
obesity and diabetes. Indeed, chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease …

The saturation effect of body mass index on bone mineral density for people over 50 years old: a cross-sectional study of the US population

M Ma, Z Feng, X Liu, G Jia, B Geng, Y **a - Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Previous studies had revealed that Body Mass Index (BMI) positively affected
Bone Mineral Density (BMD). However, an excessively high BMI was detrimental to health …

Study of the potential association of adipose tissue GLP-1 receptor with obesity and insulin resistance

J Vendrell, R El Bekay, B Peral… - …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The increase in glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) activity has emerged as a useful
therapeutic tool for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. The actions of GLP-1 on β-cells …

Weight loss supplements

I Dini, A Mancusi - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Being overweight or obese can predispose people to chronic diseases and metabolic
disorders such as cardiovascular illnesses, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer …