Frontiers in Obesity
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Endocrinology and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2022) | Viewed by 24154
Special Issue Editors
2. GCS Point, Medical Center, Rome Italy
Interests: andrology; hormon; endothelium
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: obesity
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The incidence of obesity has in recent years grown rapidly worldwide, both in developing and in developed countries, exceeding all expectations. Obesity is a chronic disease and is one of the major risk factors for the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus and its comorbidities. It is also becoming one of the most important reasons for reduced life quality and life expectancy. It is common in every age group from childhood to old age, and it results in impaired health and premature death, not only affecting physical and mental health but also impairing the economy all over the world.
Body weight is regulated by various physiological mechanisms that maintain the balance between energy intake and energy expenditure, accumulation, and consumption. Obesity is the major cause for the insurgence of several disorders, including type 2 diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, high blood pressure, hypercholesterolemia, and in turn cardiovascular diseases such as cardiovascular disease, stroke, and kidney failure. Obesity is also responsible for sleep apnea, osteoarthritis, and several mental problems such as depression and anxiety. Obesity leads to increased inflammation that increases the risk of many cancer types (breast, colon, endometrial, kidney, gallbladder, and liver).
Despite all the efforts from the scientific communities and local centers of prevention and treatment, everything seems to fail. Multidisciplinary and multidirectional approaches aimed at the common goal of a healthy lifestyle, together with correct dietary advice, physical activity, pharmacological innervations, bariatric surgery, and phycological support and coaching seem to represent the best form of management of obesity. Nevertheless, new strategic, therapeutic, and simplified approaches are necessary.
The aim of this Special Issue is to identify, understand, treat, and prevent obesity and all the related diseases, increasing, in turn, the quality and duration of life. We encourage authors to submit original research papers or review articles focused on the following topics:
- Molecular and hormonal control involved in obesity and metabolic syndrome;
- Obesity in andrology: hypogonadism/erectile dysfunction and male fertility/infertility;
- Metabolic syndrome and PCOS;
- Obesity and female sexual disfunction and infertility.
Prof. Dr. Davide Francomano
Prof. Dr. Alfredo Genco
Dr. Enrico Prosperi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- obesity
- diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- andrology
- infertility
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