Abdominal Obesity and the Endocannabinoid System by Jean-Pierre Despres
Abdominal Obesity and the Endocannabinoid System: From Basic Aspects to Clinical Management of Related Cardiometabolic Risk by Jean-Pierre Despres
English | Nov 24, 2008 | ISBN: 1420060848 | 282 Pages | PDF | 4 MB
English | Nov 24, 2008 | ISBN: 1420060848 | 282 Pages | PDF | 4 MB
This internationally renowned author team provides a unique and thorough analysis and distillation of the endocannabinoid system and its relationship to abdominal obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. The endocannabinoid system (ECS) plays an important role in cardiometabolic risk, as well as modulating energy balance, feeding behavior, hepatic lipogenesis, and perhaps glucose homeostasis. Evidence suggests that the ECS is overactive in human obesity and dyslipidemia.