Obesity

Overview

Obesity is a chronic, multifactorial condition defined by excessive accumulation of body fat that impairs health, commonly assessed by body mass index and measures of adiposity and fat distribution. It arises from a sustained imbalance between energy intake and expenditure shaped by dietary, behavioral, physiological, genetic, and environmental determinants, and it is a major driver of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, and musculoskeletal disorders. In nutrition science, obesity is studied through the physiology of adipose tissue, dietary and lifestyle interventions, the metabolic consequences of excess adiposity, and the behavioral and cultural context of weight management. The peer-reviewed work in this area reflects these themes, including dietary regimens for the reversal of obesity, the use of hypocaloric Mediterranean and high-fat dietary approaches, the relationship between obesity and conditions such as asthma in adolescents, plant-derived interventions including fennel in experimental models, the influence of low birth weight on later cardiometabolic phenotypes, and the role of behavior modification and cultural context in managing overweight. Studies of adipose-tissue inflammation and prevention knowledge extend this scope. Methods span clinical and dietary intervention, observational and behavioral research, and experimental models. This body of research treats obesity as a modifiable, systemically consequential disorder of energy balance amenable to nutritional, behavioral, and metabolic intervention.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 75 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Nov 2026.

• “Sport is NOT a luxury.” The perceived impact of the cost-of-living crisis on sport and physical activity opportunities for children and adolescents in Northern Ireland (NI): A cross-sectional survey
  S. M. O'Kane et al. · 2025 · BMC Public Health
• Self-care practices and associated factors among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients attending public hospitals in Bale zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia
  Eshetu Zemen et al. · 2025 · PeerJ
• Revisión sistemática sobre enfermedades no transmisibles durante la pandemia del COVID-19: políticas públicas latinoamericanas
  2025 · Revista de Salud Pública
• Household food insecurity, sociodemographic and lifestyle risk factors associated with high blood pressure among women in farming communities in Ghana
  A. K. Christian et al. · 2025 · BMC Women's Health
• “Sport is NOT a luxury.” The perceived impact of the cost-of-living crisis on sport and physical activity opportunities for children and adolescents in Northern Ireland (NI): A cross-sectional survey
  2025 · BMC Public Health
• Household food insecurity, sociodemographic and lifestyle risk factors associated with high blood pressure among women in farming communities in Ghana
  2025 · BMC Women s Health
• Self-care practices and associated factors among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients attending public hospitals in Bale zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia
  2025 · PeerJ
• A review of sugar-sweetened beverages taxation in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.
  A. Al-Jawaldeh et al. · 2024 · Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit

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