The neuroendocrinology perspective to approach obesity problems and its relation to the metabolic syndrome
Obesity is considered as the first non-infectious epidemic in the world, and due to its magnitude and importance as a global health priority problem. Its association with the metabolic syndrome particularly diabetes, cardiovascular and brain diseases increases its importance as a health risk factor....
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Entreciencias: diálogos en la sociedad del conocimiento |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/62044 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/entreciencias/article/view/62044 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | obesity diabetes metabolic syndrome neuroendocrinology. obesidad síndrome metabólico neuroendocrinología. |
| Sumario: | Obesity is considered as the first non-infectious epidemic in the world, and due to its magnitude and importance as a global health priority problem. Its association with the metabolic syndrome particularly diabetes, cardiovascular and brain diseases increases its importance as a health risk factor. In this context in addition to social, economic and epidemiological analysis there is a broad field of study on neuroendocrinology, in other words, the reciprocal communication between the central nervous system and those organs involved in energetic metabolism. One of the best known biomarkers recently studied in this field is leptin, because of increasing evidences about its role as etiologic factor or cofactor on obesity and diabetes, however, an emphasis is made on the need to tackle obesity as the result of coordinated effects of diverse mediators. |
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