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Beyond the Cut: Generative Refusal and the Reimagining of Jewish Affiliation in Contemporary Israel

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Jewish‐Israeli society, circumcision (brit milah) carries far‐reaching significance, symbolizing both the covenant between god and the Jewish people and serving as a key marker of communal affiliation and cultural continuity. Drawing on in‐depth interviews with Jewish‐Israeli parents who have chosen not to circumcise their sons and using ...
Nina Rageth
wiley   +1 more source

Differential Pathophysiological Drivers of Susceptibility to Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatotic Liver Disease: Ethnic Differences in Insulin Dynamics, Whole‐Body Fat Metabolism, and Organ‐Specific Lipid Deposition

open access: yesObesity Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction This narrative review explores the epidemiological evidence and potential underlying pathophysiological defects underlying the disproportionately greater risk of Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cardiometabolic disease in people of South Asian and African Caribbean ancestry compared with White Europeans.
Daniel J. Cuthbertson   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Toll Like Receptor 4: A Potential Link Between Obesity and Metabolic Diseases

open access: yesObesity Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Epidemiological evidence shows that obesity increases the risk of developing metabolic diseases. Nevertheless, the mechanisms behind this connection remain underappreciated. The substantial impact of these disorders on global health has led to extensive research efforts aimed at identifying the pathophysiological links between them.
Ghadeer Alhamar   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Life Course Trajectories of Body Mass Index and Risk of Cancer in Adulthood: Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesObesity Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This systematic review and meta‐analysis aimed to identify common life‐course body mass index (BMI) trajectories (childhood/adulthood to adulthood) and their impact on risk of cancer overall and cancer at different sites in adulthood. Methods Observational studies were identified that assessed the association of BMI trajectories with
Samira Behboudi‐Gandevani   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Deterministic Fetal Programming: Intrauterine Exposures and the Multifactorial Origins of Adiposity

open access: yesObesity Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Excess adiposity is not a recently developed problem but has existed since at least the upper Paleolithic, allowing evolutionary selection pressures to adapt the physiology of the pregnant woman and the feto‐placental unit for maternal and fetal protection.
Gernot Desoye   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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