Body fat and its influence on health and disease

Body fat and its influence on health and disease

This is a review of literature from 1963 taking into account the excellent reviews on body fat and its metabolism and scintillating research articles on the role of non-esterified fatty acid (NEFA) and body fat depots in maintenance of health and also their dysfunction leading to chronic diseases th...

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Main Authors:	P. A. J. Perera, E. M. I. Edirisinghe
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 2016-09-01
Series:	Ceylon Journal of Science
Subjects:	upper and lower body fat, gender differences, accretion of body fat, fat in pregnancy, plasma non esterified fatty acid
Online Access:	https://cjs.sljol.info/articles/7385

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