obesity
121Leptin — PDB rendering based on 1ax8. Available structures …
122Adipose tissue — For the Doctor Who creatures, see List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens#Adipose. Adipose tissue is one of the main types of connective tissue. In histology, adipose tissue or body fat or fat depot or just fat is loose connective tissue composed… …
123Overweight — This article is about the medical term. For the stock market term, see overweight (stock market). Overweight Classification and external resources …
124Health and Disease — ▪ 2009 Introduction Food and Drug Safety. In 2008 the contamination of infant formula and related dairy products with melamine in China led to widespread health problems in children, including urinary problems and possible renal tube… …
125Nutrition transition — Increased consumption of unhealthy foods compounded with increased prevalence of overweight in middle to low income countries is typically referred to as the “Nutrition Transition.” It occurs in conjunction to the Epidemiological Transition and… …
126Metabolic syndrome — Dysmetabolic syndrome X Classification and external resources An obese male. Weight 146 kg/322 lbs, height 177 cm/5 ft 10 in. The body mass index is 46. ICD 9 …
127Resistin — is a hormone secreted by adipose tissue. It is also known as serine/cysteine rich adipocyte Specific Secretory Factor (ADSF or FIZZ3). The length of the resistin pre peptide in human is 108 aminoacids (in the mouse and rat it s 114 aa); the… …
128Gastric bypass surgery — Gastric bypass procedures (GBP) are any of a group of similar operations used to treat morbid obesity the severe accumulation of excess weight as fatty tissue and the health problems (comorbidities) it causes. Bariatric surgery is the term… …
