Adipose Tissue and Adipokines in Health and Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fantuzzi, Giamila (Editor), Braunschweig, Carol (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2014.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2014.
• Series: Nutrition and Health
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Nutrition.; Diabetes.; Endocrinology.; Gastroenterology.; Clinical nutrition.; Medicine & Public Health.; Clinical Nutrition.; Human Physiology.

The field of adipose tissue biology has been expanding at a very rapid pace in the last few years. Numerous advances have been made since publication of the first edition of this book, in terms of basic adipocyte biology, understanding of the determinants of obesity, distribution of body fat and wei...