Open AccessAbdominal Obesity – A Cardiometabolic Risk Factor
Author(s) -
Alina Bodea,
Amorin Remus Popa
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
romanian journal of diabetes nutrition and metabolic diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2284-6417
pISSN - 2068-8245
DOI - 10.1515/rjdnmd-2015-0009
Subject(s) - medicine , obesity , abdominal obesity , risk factor , diabetes mellitus , environmental health , metabolic syndrome , intensive care medicine , endocrinology
Background and aims: In the modern society, obesity represents an important health issue, both because the great number of obese patients in the developed and developing countries and the complications that occur in obese patients, accompanied by an increased risk for cardio-metabolic complications, cancer and death. Material and methods: Among the numerous data recorded in the literature, I made reference to about 30 articles supporting certain hypotheses or truths regarding the pathogenesis of obesity and its cardio-metabolic consequences