Obesity Impacts Fever and Sickness Behavior During Acute Systemic Inflammation | Zendy

Christoph Rummel | Zendy; J. Bredehöft | Zendy; Jelena Damm | Zendy; Hanna Schweighöfer | Zendy; Verena Peek | Zendy; Lois M. Harden | Zendy

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Obesity Impacts Fever and Sickness Behavior During Acute Systemic Inflammation

Author(s) -

Christoph Rummel,

J. Bredehöft,

Jelena Damm,

Hanna Schweighöfer,

Verena Peek,

Lois M. Harden

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

physiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.14

H-Index - 125

eISSN - 1548-9213

pISSN - 1548-9221

DOI - 10.1152/physiol.00049.2015

Subject(s) - systemic inflammation , inflammation , obesity , medicine , sickness behavior , diabetes mellitus , disease , immunology , intensive care medicine , endocrinology

Obesity is reaching dramatic proportions in humans and is associated with a higher risk for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cognitive alterations, and a higher mortality during infection and inflammation. The focus of the present review is on the influence of obesity on the presentation of fever, sickness behavior, and inflammatory responses during acute systemic inflammation.

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