The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Role of Biological Factors in the Development of Obesity


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1 Department of Home-Science, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi, India
2 Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221005, India
     

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Obesity is a condition in which there is an excess of body fat. Being too fat, especially to the point of obesity, is positively harmful to the health. of late, obesity is emerging as one of the most prevalent metabolic disorders. The voluminous researches have been carried out which revealed that wide spread derangements in various metabolic and endocrine functions are associated with obese state.
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Sunita Asthana
Department of Home-Science, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi, India
V. M. Gupta
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221005, India

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Obesity is a condition in which there is an excess of body fat. Being too fat, especially to the point of obesity, is positively harmful to the health. of late, obesity is emerging as one of the most prevalent metabolic disorders. The voluminous researches have been carried out which revealed that wide spread derangements in various metabolic and endocrine functions are associated with obese state.