Inflammation can arise in response to a variety of stimuli, including infectious agents, tissue
injury, autoimmune diseases, and obesity. Some of these responses are acute and resolve …

Obesity reaches up to epidemic proportions globally and increases the risk for a wide
spectrum of co-morbidities, including type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), hypertension …

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents is increasing, in parallel with
the increasing trends in obesity rates. Varying definitions of this syndrome have hindered the …

Metabolic syndrome (MetS), today a major global public health problem, is a cluster of
clinical, metabolic, and biochemical abnormalities, such as central adiposity, hypertension …

Managers are using ambient scent as an important strategic element in various service
settings, with food-related scents being especially common. This research examines the …

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is defined as the co‐occurrence of metabolic risk factors that
includes insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, impaired glucose tolerance, type 2 diabetes …

Insulin resistance (IR) is a pathological condition strongly associated with obesity. However,
corticosteroids or growth hormone therapy and genetic diseases may affect insulin …

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of cardiovascular risk factors which severely
increases the risk of type II diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Several epidemiological …

Objective Dietary fructose is implicated in metabolic syndrome, but intervention studies are
confounded by positive caloric balance, changes in adiposity, or artifactually high amounts …

Obesity in childhood is the main determinant of whole body reduced insulin sensitivity. This
association has been demonstrated in multiple adult and pediatric cohorts. The mechanistic …