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Many people believe that their young age is a guarantee of absolute protection against the infarct. In reality they do not know that food habits and lifestyle strongly influence, from childhood , the risk of suffering a myocardial infarction. A biopsy study of 300 American soldiers who fell in the Korean War (1950-1953) showed that 77

It is now established that obesity, especially visceral, represents an important risk factor for the appearance of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. In recent years, adipose tissue has been the subject of numerous studies that have highlighted the important endocrine activity, such that today we prefer to talk about the adipose organ

Diglyceride acyltransferase, or diacylglycerol O-acyltranferase (DGAT), is the enzyme that catalyzes the formation of triglycerides starting from diacylglycerol (diglycerides) and acyl-coenzyme A (acyl CoA). The importance of this physiological reaction, which to most of the profane could sound totally alien, is instead extremely important and of great collective interest

Watch the video X Watch the video on youtube See also: types of bacon and health Generality Visceral fat - also known as abdominal fat - is the part of fatty tissue concentrated within the abdominal cavity and distributed between the internal organs and the trunk. Visceral fat differs from subcutaneous fat - concentrated in the hypodermis (the deepest layer of the skin) - and from the intramuscular one, which is instead distributed among the muscle fibers (the latter also seems to be significantly correlated to the insulin) resistance)

By Dr. Francesco Casillo Men lose about 20% of their muscle mass between the ages of 40 and 60. Usually, in individuals with muscularly hypotrophic arms this characteristic is accompanied by an increased circumference of the waist. The British researchers found that this combination predisposes to a high risk of mortality

Calculation of basal metabolism and daily caloric needs according to Harris and Benedict The Harris & Benedict equations return the amount of energy needed to sustain the basal metabolic rate and daily caloric needs. These are two mathematical formulas accepted in the medical-scientific field for almost a century, since they were elaborated back in 1919

By Dr. Nicola Manca The improved socio-economic conditions, poor eating habits and an increasingly sedentary lifestyle have favored the formation of some physical alterations, which are the consequence of an imbalance between muscular, skeletal and ponderal development. These alterations have caused a significant increase in childhood obesity , which in some countries like ours is reaching peaks of 20% of the healthy youth population

Generality Gastric banding is a surgical procedure indicated for the treatment of obesity. It comes, with its various techniques used, in restrictive bariatric surgery, intended to limit the consumption of food through the surgical reduction of the stomach volume; it follows, for obvious mechanical reasons, an early onset of the sense of satiety and a reduced ability to take food

Generality The intragastric balloon (BIB) is a temporary treatment that allows you to get a weight loss without resorting to surgery. The BIB ( Bioenterics Intragastric Balloon ) is a soft and expandable device, which is inserted into the patient's stomach by an endoscopic procedure, and filled there with a sterile physiological solution

Related articles: Obesity Definition Obesity is a condition characterized by excessive accumulation of body fat. This represents an important risk factor for the development of serious diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, various cancers, cholelithiasis, steatosis and cirrhosis of the liver, osteoarthritis, reproductive disorders and premature death