Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction and aim: Obesity is a public health problem characterized by metabolic and endocrine disorders. Currently, it has been observed an increase of the obesity induced by high fat diet (HFD) and, considering that small intestine is the most important absorptive site of the nutrients, it is very interesting to evaluate the impact of HFD intake on that first place of nutrients entry, that is, the small intestine. Taken into account that dyslipidemia and hypertension are ...