Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Role of Obesity in Human Health and Disease

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Akkinapally Venketeshwer Rao
Akkinapally Venketeshwer Rao

University of Toronto,
Canada

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Leticia Rao
Leticia Rao

University of Toronto,
Canada

Published 22 December 2021

Doi 10.5772/intechopen.90990

ISBN 978-1-83968-980-2

Print ISBN 978-1-83968-979-6

eBook (PDF) ISBN 978-1-83968-981-9

Copyright year 2021

Number of pages 208

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Table of Contents

Open access  chapters

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5. Ketogenic Diet Is Good for Aging-Related Sarcopenic Obesity

By Sergey Suchkov, Tahereh Seifi Salmi, Chyi-Huey Bai, Javad Alizargar and Jia-Ping Wu

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6. Lifestyle Factors and Obesity

By Anca Mihaela Hâncu

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7. The Multiple Causes of Obesity

By Indu Saxena, Suwarna Suman, Amar Preet Kaur, Abhilasha, Prasenjit Mitra, Praveen Sharma and Manoj Kumar

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8. Influence of the Basal Metabolic Profile on the Evolution of the Pediatric Patient with Obesity

By Belén Fernández, Ainhoa Sarasua Miranda, Isabel Lorente Blázquez and Ignacio Diez López

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9. Leptin and Its Role in Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis: An Overview

By Volkan Gelen, Abdulsamed Kükürt, Emin Şengül and Hacı Ahmet Devecı

785
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10. Drosophila Central Taste Circuits in Health and Obesity

By Shivam Kaushik, Shivangi Rawat and Pinky Kain

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