Obesity is a metabolic dysfunction triggered by refined carbohydrate and high-fat-rich foods, as well as sedentary lifestyle. It can also be as a result of increased calorie intake and reduced calorie expenditure mediated through environmental, genetic, epigenetic and neuropsychological factors (Castro et al., 2017;Leisegang et al., 2019). It is usually characterised by increased visceral adiposity (Agarwal et al., 2018). Obesity has become an epidemic in recent decades, with millions of people worldwide suffering from the disease. Recent data from the World Health Organization showed that over 1.9 billion adults are either overweight or obese, with 650 million adults typically obese (World Health Organization, 2018).
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