Why Is Obesity An Important Disease?
Fat had long been considered a dormant storage issue. However within the last decade it has been discovered that fat has a critical role not only in the commerce of energy throughout the body but in many of the hormonal and inflammatory processes leading to the common medical diseases. These processes play a critical role in the development of heart disease, diabetes, stroke, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, gallstones, arthritis, infertility, hepatitis and sleep apnea.
