Fat Forward —What We’ve Learned About Obesity, Where We Are, and Where We Need to Go

Fat has become a “big” public health issue. It’s treated like a four-letter word, even though it is only three. As parodized by Weird Al Yankovic in his song, “Fat,” numerous health consequences of what we now understand is a serious chronic disease, obesity, have been exposed as we understand more and mor e about the impact of fat mass. Obesity has become a global epidemic. We are now growing to understand the genetic and environmental contributions to obesity and its resultant effect on multiple organs.
Source: Gastroenterology Clinics of North America - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tags: Foreword Source Type: research