Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: In the human, obesity is one of the leading health problems as declared by the World Health Organization. Obesity is frequently associated with diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipaemia, these acts together as metabolic syndrome (MS). The risk of cardiovascular diseases is 5 to 10 times higher in MS. Lack of daily exercise is a good reason to evolve MS. Several hormones take part in the development of MS. Leptin and insulin, which are produced by the adipose tissu...