Obesity

Reports outline obesity study results from Saga University

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, June 2nd, 2008

According to a study from Saga, Japan, "The metabolic syndrome is increasingly prevalent in worldwide. The quality and quantity of dietary lipids could be important modulators associated with the cardiovascular morbidity and mortality."

"At present, functional lipids such as conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) and phospholipids have attracted considerable attention because of their beneficial biological effects in attenuating metabolic syndrome. Supplementation of CLA reduces abdominal white adipose tissues, serum triacylglycerol (TAG) level, and liver TAG level in obese Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty OLETF rats. These effects were attributed to enhanced fatty acid...

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2008-06-02)

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