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Record Nr.

UNINA9910437833703321

Titolo

Chronobiology and obesity / / Marta Garaulet, Jose M. Ordovas, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer, c2013

ISBN

1-283-84912-7

1-4614-5082-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GarauletMarta <1965->

OrdovasJ. M

Disciplina

616.3/980651

Soggetti

Obesity - Physiological aspects

Chronobiology

Biological rhythms

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Foreword -- Discovery of the Clock mutant and the first mammalian clock gene and the links to obesity: Staring with animal #25 -- An introduction to chronobiology -- Adipose tissue as a peripheral clock -- Processes Underlying Chronodisruption and their Proposed Association with illness -- Obesity and Chronodisrruption:  An imbalance between energy intake and expenditure -- Sleep and MetS alterations -- Increased risk of diabetes due to obesity: does chronodisruption play a role? -- Genetics in chronobiology and obesity -- Chronobiology And Metabolic-Syndrome: From Genes To Systems Biology -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Circadian rhythms are such an innate part of our lives that we rarely pause to speculate why they even exist. Perhaps this is the reason why in the medical practice the circadian variability of hormones, metabolites, physiological behaviors or the relevance of time in the presence or absence of different pathologies, have been practically ignored in the past. Some studies have suggested that the disruption of the circadian system may be cause 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. Chronobiology and Obesity examines recent



advances that have led to researchers to find the relevant link which exists between chronobiology and obesity, but, as it is emphasized throughout the book, there is much more that needs to be explored between the connection.