The amount of adipose tissue should be taken into account in the fight against obesity
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 - 10:00
in Health & Medicine
Obesity is seen as the great pandemia of the XXI century. Recent data point to more than a billion adults in the world suffering from overweight, of which 300 million are clinically obese. What is more, the rates of child obesity show a worrying increase, with more than 155 million children and adolescents being overweight, of which 40 million are clearly obese.