"Obesity: Human Health and Disease" ed. by Venketeshwer Rao, Leticia Rao

This book addresses some important aspects of the relationship between obesity and human health. Chapters cover such topics as body mass index, endocrine disorders, obesity, and endometrial cancer, the role of lifestyle factors in obesity, and much more.

Many factors influence obesity including genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors. Studies have shown obesity to be related to increased risk of human diseases. Despite efforts by health professionals to regulate obesity, its prevalence has increased globally in the past few decades. A better understanding of the causes of obesity and mechanisms by which obesity increases the risk of human diseases can lead to developing effective strategies that can save many lives worldwide.

Contents
1. Food Intakes and Correlations between Food Intakes and Body Mass Index (BMI) in Japanese Old Men, Women, and Male Medical Doctors
2. Endocrine Disorders Accompanying Obesity - Effect or Cause?
3. Top 100 Most Cited Studies in Obesity Research: A Bibliometric Analysis
4. Obesity and Endometrial Cancer
5. Ketogenic Diet Is Good for Aging-Related Sarcopenic Obesity
6. Lifestyle Factors and Obesity
7. The Multiple Causes of Obesity
8. Influence of the Basal Metabolic Profile on the Evolution of the Pediatric Patient with Obesity
9. Leptin and Its Role in Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis: An Overview
10. Drosophila Central Taste Circuits in Health and Obesity


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