Obesity

Obesity is characterised by excessive accumulation of fat in white adipose tissue (WAT) which is compartmentalised into two anatomically and functionally diverse depots – visceral and subcutaneous. Advice to substitute...

Evidence regarding the effects of long-term and high-level ambient air pollution exposure on cardiac conduction systems remains sparse.To investigate the associations of long-term exposure to air pollution and cardiac conduction...

Circadian disturbance of clock gene expression is a risk factor of diseases like obesity, cancer and sleep disorder. For the study of these diseases, it is necessary to monitor and analyze the expression rhythm of clock genes in...

To determine whether combined exercise training with an energy-restricted diet leads to improved physical fitness and body composition when compared to energy restriction alone in free-living premenopausal women with clinically...

Research related to body weight management often focuses on weight loss but attempts to gain weight may be common given societal ideals related to body shape and size. The objectives of this study were to examine the prevalence...

This study aimed to evaluate the correlation between obesity and pelvic organ prolapse (POP), both anatomically and symptomatically, in Korean women.We retrospectively reviewed 476 women who visited the urogynecology clinic...

Obesity suppresses brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression and increases the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Herein, we assessed whether exercise training (ET), melatonin administration (MT), or their...

To examine the effects of a selective peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR-α) agonist treatment on interscapular brown adipose tissue (iBAT) whitening, focusing on thermogenic, lipolysis, and lipid oxidation markers...