Open AccessAdipotsitokiny v nauchnoy i klinicheskoy praktike
Author(s) -
А. В. Косыгина
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
ožirenie i metabolizm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2306-5524
pISSN - 2071-8713
DOI - 10.14341/2071-8713-5189
Subject(s) - overweight , obesity , disease , medicine , diabetes mellitus , identification (biology) , type 2 diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes , coronary heart disease , gerontology , environmental health , pathology , endocrinology , biology , botany
In recent decades, overweight and obesity have become a major problem for most countries. According to the World HealthOrganization (WHO), more than a billion people worldwide are overweight and more than 300 million are obese. These clinical andexperimental studies highlight a clear relationship between obesity and several chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM),atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, high risk of oncological diseases, disorders of the reproductive sphere, pathology of the musculoskeletalsystem, as well as deviations in mental status and processes of social adaptation. Therefore, considerable efforts of modern endocrinologyfocused on the study of etiopathogenetic aspects that underlie these diseases and identification of possible markers.