Hazards in subgroups of human obesity
Hazards in subgroups of human obesity
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人类肥胖亚组的危害
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发表时间:
1984
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
P. Björntorp
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作者:
P. Björntorp
There are numerous observations suggesting that human obesity is not a homogenous entity, such as variations in age at dCbut, relationship to diabetes mellitus and other complicating diseases, prognosis of treatment, distribution of the enlarged fat depots, to mention only some examples. It seems likely that progress in research in this area is severely hampered by the fact that we have not been able to clearly characterize and recognize such subgroups of human obesity. Although treatment of obesity is still awaiting a breakthrough from the severe way of creating a long-lasting negative energy balance by decreasing eating and increasing exercise, subgrouping of human obesity might be of importance for the indications for treatment, prevention, and, perhaps most importantly, to understand the pathogenesis of the numerous, potentially dangerous associating complications of which diabetes mellitus, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia are the most common. The importance of this question is stressed by the fact that the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., recently arranged a symposium (Poughkeepsie, New York, 1980) where studies on this question were initiated. Recent work has been focussed on the enlarged adipose tissue and its heterogenicity in human obesity. There is very little evidence, if any, that there is a primary malfunction in the main functional cell in adipose tissue, the adipocyte. Nevertheless, this might be an avenue towards a better understanding, similar to that used by haematologists long ago. The erythrocyte is not primarily sick in pernicious anaemia, sideropenia and sickle-cell anaemia, but studying this cell led to clearing up the aetiology of these diseases and their adequate clinical handling.
影响因子:
5.8
作者:
EVANS, DJ;HOFFMANN, RG;KISSEBAH, AH
通讯作者:
KISSEBAH, AH