Endocrine Abstracts

Obesity is a major health problem that is crucial in the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, and some types of cancer. Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern in which periods of fasting, lasting from 12 up to 36h, are alternated with periods of eating. Time restricted feeding (TRF) 16/8 is a type of intermittent fasting that is being used to lose weight and for treating metabolic disorders. Several studies in humans have shown a slight effect of TRF ...

Obesity epidemic is one of the major concerns in the world. Worryingly, a high percentage of pregnant women have obesity, which could imply several consequences. Maternal obesity leads to different abnormalities in pregnancy and delivery. In addition, recent studies show that the offspring of obese mothers has an increased probability to suffer cardiovascular, metabolic and reproductive diseases. We have previously demonstrated that exposure to a high fat diet is related to ob...