The vices and virtues of medical models of obesity
Obesity Reviews, Volume 25, Issue 12, December 2024.Summary Despite numerous public health organizations supporting the pathologization of obesity and considering recent obesity rates a health crisis, many researchers in the humanities, social sciences, and even in the health sciences remain unconvinced.
Jonathan Sholl, Andreas De Block
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Role of Environmental Chemicals in Obesity: A Systematic Review on the Current Evidence [PDF]
, 2013 The purpose of this paper is to systematically review the experimental and human studies on obesogenic chemicals and their mechanisms of action to provide a comprehensive view on the multifactorial aspects of obesity.
Fahimeh Jamshidi +2 more
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Unveiling the microbial metabolites in ruminant milk for medicinal purposes
Food Frontiers, Volume 5, Issue 6, Page 2467-2482, November 2024.Milk from various mammals exhibits significantly distinct natures, encompassing a spectrum from cool and cold (categorized as Yin) to warm and hot (categorized as Yang). These natures are attributed to the diverse and abundant medicinal metabolites present in milk, which play a crucial role in regulating the human body's systems, encompassing anti ...
Qingan Jia +6 more
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2022 Obesity is one of the risk factors of metabolic diseases. Decreased sensitivity to insulin or impairment of the insulin signaling pathway may affect the metabolism of adipose tissue.
Huiling Chen +11 more
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Evaluating the Effects of Bisphenols F and S with Respect to Bisphenol A on Primordial Germ Cell Migration in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Embryos Using Immunofluorescence Microscopy [PDF]
, 2019 Primordial Germ Cell (PGC) migration occurs in early embryonic development and is highly conserved across taxa. PGC migration occurs within the first 24 hours post fertilization (hpf) in zebrafish, making the organism an efficient model for observing the
Freeman, Edward A. +2 more
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Glyphosate’s Suppression of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Amino Acid Biosynthesis by the Gut Microbiome: Pathways to Modern Diseases [PDF]
, 2013 Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup[superscript ®], is the most popular herbicide used worldwide. The industry asserts it is minimally toxic to humans, but here we argue otherwise.
Samsel, Anthony, Seneff, Stephanie
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Maternal &Child Nutrition, Volume 20, Issue 4, October 2024.This study highlights the iodine nutritional status among Chinese children aged 3–6 years, revealing that while levels are generally adequate. Our findings stress the importance of tailored iodine supplementation to support optimal health and development in preschoolers.
Jing Li +4 more
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Trapped fat: Obesity pathogenesis as an intrinsic disorder in metabolic fuel partitioning
Obesity Reviews, Volume 25, Issue 10, October 2024.Summary Our understanding of the pathophysiology of obesity remains at best incomplete despite a century of research. During this time, two alternative perspectives have helped shape thinking about the etiology of the disorder. The currently prevailing view holds that excessive fat accumulation results because energy intake exceeds energy expenditure ...
Mark I. Friedman +4 more
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Endocrine disruptors, obesity, and prostate cancer: cell fate analysis [PDF]
, 2021 Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most common cancers in men and its progression and development are intimately related to androgens actions. Obesity, a worldwide epidemic of the 21st century has been associated with the aggressiveness and worse ...
Brás, Luís Porfírio Looren Esmerado Alves
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Human Gut Microbial Taxa Metabolizing Dietary Obesogens: A BPA 1 directed-culturing and Bioinformatics Combined Approach [PDF]
, 2021 Ana López‐Moreno +7 more
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