Overview
Expert reviews by researchers, focusing on the potential and proven relationship between chronobiology and obesity
Nutrigenetic studies with DNA isolation and clock genotyping
Takes on a molecular approach and a clinical approach
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Circadian rhythms are such an innate part of our lives that we rarely pause to speculate why they even exist. Some studies have suggested that the disruption of the circadian system may be causal for obesity and manifestations of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS). Shift-work, sleep-deprivation and bright-light-exposure at night are related to increased adiposity (obesity) and prevalence of MetS. It has been provided evidence of clock genes expression in human adipose tissue and demonstrated its association with different components of the MetS. Moreover, current studies are illustrating the particular role of different clock genes variants and their predicted haplotypes in MetS.
The purpose of “Chronobiology and Obesity” is to describe the mechanisms implicated in the interaction between chonodisruption and metabolic-related illnesses, such as obesity and MetS, with different approaches.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Chronobiology and Obesity
Editors: Marta Garaulet, Jose M. Ordovás
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5082-5
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-5081-8Published: 01 November 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-9630-5Published: 13 December 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-5082-5Published: 13 November 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 188
Topics: Human Genetics, Endocrinology, Biomedicine general