Adipose Tissue and Inflammation

The American Obesity Association identifies obesity's link to numerous medical conditions, including hypertension, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, several cancers, and a host of inflammatory disorders. Evidence indicates that inflammation has more than a corollary relation with obesity; that in fact, obesity itself manifests a low-grade, metabolically associated inflammation involving many of the same mediators associated with classic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1420091301
• ISBN13: 9781420091304
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"