Prise en charge de l’obésité de l’adulte

Quilliot, Didier; Roché, G; Mohebbi, Halle; Sirvaux, Marie-Aude; Böhme, Philip; Ziegler, O.

doi:10.1016/j.lpm.2010.05.017

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“…Most cases of obesity are caused by the imbalance between energy intake and expenditure [12, 13], and a small proportion of obesity cases are secondary to medical conditions (e.g., Prader-Willi syndrome or Cushing syndrome), or are treatment-related (e.g., treatment with antidepressants or anticonvulsants). Changes brought by industrialization, with their negative influences on both diet and physical activity levels, explain, at least in part, the increasing trends in obesity prevalence seen during the last decades.…”

Section: The Problems Of Overweight and Obesitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Greasing the wheels of managing overweight and obesity with omega-3 fatty acids

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The epidemic of overweight and obesity around the world and in the US is a major public health challenge, with 1.5 billion overweight and obese adults worldwide, and 68% of US adults and 31% of US children and adolescents overweight or obese. Obesity leads to serious health consequences, including an increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus and heart disease. Current preventive and medical treatments include lifestyle modification, medication, and bariatric surgery in extreme cases; however, they are either not very efficacious or are very expensive. Obesity is a complex condition involving the dysregulation of several organ systems and molecular pathways, including adipose tissue, the pancreas, the gastrointestinal tract, and the CNS. The role of the CNS in obesity is receiving more attention as obesity rates rise and treatments continue to fail. While the role of the hypothalamus in regulation of appetite and food intake has long been recognized, the roles of the CNS reward systems are beginning to be examined as the role of environmental influences on energy balance are explored. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids are essential nutrients that play a beneficial role in several disease processes due to their anti-inflammatory effects, modulation of lipids, and effects on the CNS. Omega-3 fatty acids, specifically EPA and DHA, have shown promising preliminary results in animal and human studies in the prevention and treatment of obesity. Given their effects on many of the pathways involved in obesity, and specifically in the endocannabinoid and mesocorticolimbic pathways, we hypothesize that EPA and DHA supplementation in populations can reduce the reward associated with food, thereby reduce appetite and food intake, and ultimately contribute to the prevention or reduction of obesity. If these fatty acids do harbor such potential, their supplementation in many parts of the world may hold great promise in reducing the global burden of obesity.

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Section: The Problems Of Overweight and Obesitymentioning

confidence: 99%