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Chronobiology and Obesity

  • Expert reviews by researchers, focusing on the potential and proven relationship between chronobiology and obesity

  • Nutrigenetic studies with DNA isolation and clock genotyping

  • Takes on a molecular approach and a clinical approach

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. An Introduction to Chronobiology

    • Juan Antonio Madrid Pérez
    Pages 11-28
  3. Adipose Tissue as a Peripheral Clock

    • Purificación Gómez-Abellán, Marta Garaulet
    Pages 29-53
  4. Processes Underlying Chronodisruption and Their Proposed Association with Illness

    • Russel J. Reiter, Xiaoyan Liu, Lucien C. Manchester, Sergio A. Rosales-Corral, Dun-Xian Tan, Juan Antonio Madrid Pérez
    Pages 55-73
  5. Sleep, Energy Homeostasis and Metabolic Syndrome Alterations

    • Anthony H. Tsang, Jana Husse, Henrik Oster
    Pages 89-109
  6. Increased Risk of Diabetes due to Obesity: Does Chronodisruption Play a Role?

    • Susanne E. la Fleur, Andries Kalsbeek
    Pages 111-131
  7. Genetics in Chronobiology and Obesity

    • Marta Garaulet, Jose M. Ordovás
    Pages 133-160
  8. Chronobiology and Metabolic Syndrome: From Genes to Systems Biology

    • Silvia Sookoian, Carlos J. Pirola
    Pages 161-182
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 183-187

About this book

Circadian rhythms are such an innate part of our lives that we rarely pause to speculate why they even exist. Some studies have suggested that the disruption of the circadian system may be causal for obesity and manifestations of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS). Shift-work, sleep-deprivation and bright-light-exposure at night are related to increased adiposity (obesity) and prevalence of MetS. It has been provided evidence of clock genes expression in human adipose tissue and demonstrated its association with different components of the MetS. Moreover, current studies are illustrating the particular role of different clock genes variants and their predicted haplotypes in MetS.

The purpose of “Chronobiology and Obesity” is to describe the mechanisms implicated in the interaction between chonodisruption and metabolic-related illnesses, such as obesity and MetS, with different approaches.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Department of Physiology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

    Marta Garaulet

  • Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA

    Jose M. Ordovás

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Chronobiology and Obesity

  • Editors: Marta Garaulet, Jose M. Ordovás

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5082-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-5081-8Published: 01 November 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-9630-5Published: 13 December 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-5082-5Published: 13 November 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 188

  • Topics: Human Genetics, Endocrinology, Biomedicine general

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Pharma

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eBook USD 129.00
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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