Obesity is a chronic, multifactorial condition characterized by excessive accumulation of body fat that impairs health, conventionally screened using body mass index and refined with measures of central adiposity such as waist circumference and anthropometric ratios. It arises from a sustained imbalance between ener…
Obesity is a chronic, multifactorial condition characterized by excessive accumulation of body fat that impairs health, conventionally screened using body mass index and refined with measures of central adiposity such as waist circumference and anthropometric ratios. It arises from a sustained imbalance between energy intake and expenditure, shaped by dietary patterns, physical activity, genetics, endocrine regulation, behavior, and sociocultural and environmental factors. Obesity raises the risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, and other comorbidities, and adipose tissue is itself an active endocrine organ whose physiology is central to metabolic dysfunction. Research in this area examines the prevalence and prevention of overweight and obesity across populations, cultural and behavioral approaches to weight management, childhood obesity amid the double burden of malnutrition, and central-obesity indicators linked to metabolic risk in adolescents. Studies also address the physiology of adipose tissue, the contribution of thyroid hormones, body-composition modeling including skeletal muscle mass in severe obesity, the association of morbid obesity with other conditions, and experimental interventions such as fennel and drug combinations in animal models. Methods include cross-sectional surveys, anthropometric and body-composition analysis, qualitative inquiry, and preclinical studies. The journal publishes peer-reviewed research on the prevalence, mechanisms, and management of obesity.
12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
The 12 articles above have been cited 81 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
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