Obesogens in Foods
Obesogens, as environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals, are supposed to have had an impact on the prevalence of rising obesity around the world over the last forty years. These chemicals are probably able to contribute not only to the development of obesity and metabolic disturbances in individu...
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| author | Iva Kladnicka Monika Bludovska Iveta Plavinova Ludek Muller Dana Mullerova |
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| description | Obesogens, as environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals, are supposed to have had an impact on the prevalence of rising obesity around the world over the last forty years. These chemicals are probably able to contribute not only to the development of obesity and metabolic disturbances in individuals, but also in their progeny, having the capability to epigenetically reprogram genetically inherited set-up points for body weight and body composition control during critical periods of development, such as fetal, early life, and puberty. In individuals, they may act on myriads of neuro-endocrine–immune metabolic regulatory pathways, leading to pathophysiological consequences in adipogenesis, lipogenesis, lipolysis, immunity, the influencing of central appetite and energy expenditure regulations, changes in gut microbiota–intestine functioning, and many other processes. Evidence-based medical data have recently brought much more convincing data about associations of particular chemicals and the probability of the raised risk of developing obesity. Foods are the main source of obesogens. Some obesogens occur naturally in food, but most are environmental chemicals, entering food as a foreign substance, whether in the form of contaminants or additives, and they are used in a large amount in highly processed food. This review article contributes to a better overview of obesogens, their occurrence in foods, and their impact on the human organism. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-50d0dd3e885d45608d4964ca0d6badda2023-11-23T10:14:00ZengMDPI AGBiomolecules2218-273X2022-05-0112568010.3390/biom12050680Obesogens in FoodsIva Kladnicka0Monika Bludovska1Iveta Plavinova2Ludek Muller3Dana Mullerova4Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University, 301 00 Pilsen, Czech RepublicDepartment of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University, 301 00 Pilsen, Czech RepublicDepartment of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University, 301 00 Pilsen, Czech RepublicDepartment of Cybernetics, European Centre of Excellence New Technologies for the Information Society, University of West Bohemia, 301 00 Pilsen, Czech RepublicDepartment of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University, 301 00 Pilsen, Czech RepublicObesogens, as environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals, are supposed to have had an impact on the prevalence of rising obesity around the world over the last forty years. These chemicals are probably able to contribute not only to the development of obesity and metabolic disturbances in individuals, but also in their progeny, having the capability to epigenetically reprogram genetically inherited set-up points for body weight and body composition control during critical periods of development, such as fetal, early life, and puberty. In individuals, they may act on myriads of neuro-endocrine–immune metabolic regulatory pathways, leading to pathophysiological consequences in adipogenesis, lipogenesis, lipolysis, immunity, the influencing of central appetite and energy expenditure regulations, changes in gut microbiota–intestine functioning, and many other processes. Evidence-based medical data have recently brought much more convincing data about associations of particular chemicals and the probability of the raised risk of developing obesity. Foods are the main source of obesogens. Some obesogens occur naturally in food, but most are environmental chemicals, entering food as a foreign substance, whether in the form of contaminants or additives, and they are used in a large amount in highly processed food. This review article contributes to a better overview of obesogens, their occurrence in foods, and their impact on the human organism.https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/12/5/680obesityobesogensfoodadipose tissuemetabolic disruptorssystematic low-grade inflammation |
| spellingShingle | Iva Kladnicka Monika Bludovska Iveta Plavinova Ludek Muller Dana Mullerova Obesogens in Foods Biomolecules obesity obesogens food adipose tissue metabolic disruptors systematic low-grade inflammation |
| title | Obesogens in Foods |
| title_full | Obesogens in Foods |
| title_fullStr | Obesogens in Foods |
| title_full_unstemmed | Obesogens in Foods |
| title_short | Obesogens in Foods |
| title_sort | obesogens in foods |
| topic | obesity obesogens food adipose tissue metabolic disruptors systematic low-grade inflammation |
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