Abstract
Obesity prevalence has increased continuously over the past 50 years, a dramatic worldwide expansion not only limited to industrialized countries but also observed in a large number of low- and middle-income countries experiencing rapid rural–urban transition [...]
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The most recent data collection indicates that more than a third of the world’s adult population is considered overweight, as defined by a body mass index (BMI) > 25 and ≤ 30 kg/m2, and 13% is classified as obese, with a BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 [3]
Obesity is a chronic dysfunction of the energy homeostasis system, characterized by an imbalance between the amount of calories consumed and expended, that originates from a combination of genetic, epigenetic, sociocultural, and environmental factors [4,5]
Summary
Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Obesities: A New Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Interdisciplinary Journal Fostering Research on Multifactorial Obesity and Associated Cardiometabolic Disorders.
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