The World Health Organization estimates that 1 in 10 adults are obese, and as this epidemic expands world wide, the associated morbidities, including diabetes and heart disease, increase in prevalence as well. The reviews in this series make clear that obesity is a multi-organ, multi-system disease, with both genetic and environmental components. In addition, they highlight how recent breakthroughs in a variety of scientific fields – from an improved understanding the neural circuits that drive eating behavior to the identification of proteins that regulate fat storage- might lead to novel therapeutic strategies.
Shwetha Ramachandrappa, I. Sadaf Farooqi
Published June 1, 2011
Laurent Gautron, Joel K. Elmquist
Published June 1, 2011
Kai Sun, Christine M. Kusminski, Philipp E. Scherer
Published June 1, 2011
Andrew S. Greenberg, Rosalind A. Coleman, Fredric B. Kraemer, James L. McManaman, Martin S. Obin, Vishwajeet Puri, Qing-Wu Yan, Hideaki Miyoshi, Douglas G. Mashek
Published June 1, 2011
Carey N. Lumeng, Alan R. Saltiel
Published June 1, 2011
Susumu Seino, Tadao Shibasaki, Kohtaro Minami
Published June 1, 2011
Herbert Tilg, Arthur Kaser
Published June 1, 2011
Wenyu Huang, Kathryn Moynihan Ramsey, Biliana Marcheva, Joseph Bass
Published June 1, 2011
