Nutrition, obesity and hormones


https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2018.7755
Vol. 91 No. 2 (2018)
Submitted: August 8, 2018
Accepted: October 27, 2018
Published: December 17, 2018
obesity, growth hormone, thyroid hormones, endocrine system, nutrition
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  • Marco Giammanco
    marco.giammanco@unipa.it
    Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Palermo; Research Unit in Endocrinology, Italian Society of Experimental Biology, Italy. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9853-6329
  • Laura Lantieri Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Palermo; Research Unit in Endocrinology, Italian Society of Experimental Biology, Italy.
  • Gaetano Leto Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother-Child Care, University of Palermo, Italy.
  • Fulvio Pescia Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Palermo, Italy.
  • Danila Di Majo Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Palermo, Italy.

Obesity is a chronic pathological condition with a multifactorial aetiology, characterised by an excessive body fat accumulation with multiple organ-specific consequences. Emerging evidence highlights that obesity appears to be associated with multiple alterations in the endocrine system. However, the mechanisms underlying the interactions between obesity and this system remain still controversial. This review discusses the impact of obesity on various endocrine systems and, in particular, would provide a general overview on the biochemical changes that may occur in each of these axes in association with obesity.


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University of Palermo

Giammanco, M., Lantieri, L., Leto, G., Pescia, F., & Di Majo, D. (2018). Nutrition, obesity and hormones. Journal of Biological Research - Bollettino Della Società Italiana Di Biologia Sperimentale, 91(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2018.7755

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