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Obesity and Immune Functions

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Dietary Components and Immune Function

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The chapter reviews the literature pertaining to the role of obesity in modulating immune function. Obesity is found in both genetic and diet-induced obese animal models as well as in obese humans to impair immune response; both innate and acquired immune functions are affected. The immune dysfunction during obesity increases host susceptibility to infections and to chronic inflammatory diseases.

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Zhou, Q., Amar, S. (2010). Obesity and Immune Functions. In: Watson, R., Zibadi, S., Preedy, V. (eds) Dietary Components and Immune Function. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-061-8_7

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