Adiposopathy or "sick fat" emerges when adipose tissue responds to positive caloric balance with pathogenic anatomic, endocrine, and immune responses that promote metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, high blood pressure, and dyslipidemia.
Adiposopathy ("Sick Fat") and Its Relationship to Metabolic Disease
Definition: Adiposopathy ("sick fat") is defined as pathogenic anatomic adipose tissue changes that may occur with positive caloric balance, which results in pathophysiologic endocrine and immune responses that promote metabolic disease. Click on the topics below to view educational slides regarding sentinel adiposopathy references. Cl
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