Combined obesity and psychosocial stress is a worldwide health problem and a paracrine disorder

This 2019 online article outlines findings from research studies on how obesity, psychosocial stress, and both have an impact on the physiology of different organs. Dugaucquier and Segers (2019) express their interest on clearing up how psychosocial stress affects cardiac and hippocampal function in obese subjects. The writers present an option in the pharmacological administration of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) which may compensate for the negative effects of obesity and psychosocial stress on cardiac and neural dysfunction. [NPID: psychosocial, obesity, psychosocial stress, organ health, cardiac function, hippocampal function, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, BDNF, neural function]

Year: 2019

Reference: Dugaucquier, L., & Segers, V. (2019). Combined obesity and psychosocial stress is a worldwide health problem and a paracrine disorder. EBioMedicine, 48, 13–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.09.004