Integrated and Multidisciplinary Approach to Manage Metabolic Diseases
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Medicinal Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2022) | Viewed by 2110
Special Issue Editors
Interests: molecular biology; bioactive compounds; molecular nutrition; hormone metabolism; cancer; hormone-related diseases; nutrigenomics; nutrigenetics; metabolic disease
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Interests: nutritional status; health; immunological status; hormonal status; inflammatory status
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: nutrition; health status; human observational studies and intervention trials; diet and lifestyle; bioactive compounds
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metabolic syndrome is a complex clinical condition characterized by a clustering of metabolic risk factors, determined by the simultaneous occurrence of at least three of the following components: central obesity, dyslipidemia, impaired glucose metabolism, and elevated blood pressure. This cluster of conditions that occur together leads to increased risk of heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. The incidence of metabolic syndrome often occurs together with the incidence of both obesity and type 2 diabetes, even if there are no global data on metabolic syndrome. However, its prevalence could be estimated to be about one quarter of the world population.
During the last three decades, understanding of the biology of metabolic syndrome has increased. Many new pieces have been added to the puzzle, so we know that metabolic syndrome is a complex pathophysiologic state that originates primarily from an imbalance of calorie intake and energy expenditure but is also affected by genetic/epigenetic composition of the individual, lifestyle, physical activity, and other factors such as food quality, its nutrient contents, and composition of gut microbes.
The scientific community is cordially invited to contribute with original research papers or reviews to this Special Issue of Molecules, which reports an integrated and multidisciplinary approach to identify and characterize food and molecules that help to manage the metabolic syndrome.
Dr. Raffaella Comitato
Dr. Eugenia Venneria
Dr. Federica Intorre
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- obesity
- cardiovascular disease
- diabetes
- food and bioactive compounds
- human observational studies and intervention trials
