Gestational diabetes is most commonly associated with temporary disturbances in glucose metabolism during pregnancy. However, ...

Obesity is a growing global health problem, the prevalence of which has tripled since 1975. It currently affects 650 million people worldwide, and in Spain the prevalence among adults is 28%. This ...

The common forms of type 2 diabetes are caused by a constellation of genetic and epigenetic factors and molecular changes related to diet; lifestyle, including lack of exercise and sleep; ...

Although obese individuals are at greater risk of diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol, not all obese people develop metabolic diseases of this kind. About a quarter of all obese ...

Obesity is often treated as a uniform condition simply defined by having excess body fat. Although this excess develops from ...

Adipose tissue biology has undergone a paradigm shift, revealing this tissue as a highly dynamic and metabolically active organ that is central to both ...

Nobel laureate, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, and neuroscience professor at Scripps, Ardem Patapoutian, PhD, is a co-senior author of the study. Scientists at Scripps Research ...

There is already robust scientific evidence that obesity, whether maternal or paternal, can lead to metabolic changes in offspring that increase their risk of developing diseases.