Giamila Fantuzzi • Carol Braunschweig
Editors

2014

In the last 10 years, adipose tissue and adipokines—messenger proteins produced by adipocytes have become the focus of extensive investigation as a result of the recognition of the health problems associated with the ever- expanding worldwide obesity problem that affects both children and adults. Numerous advances have been made since publication of the first edition of Adipose Tissue and Adipokines in Health and Disease, in terms of basic adipocyte biology, understanding of the determinants of obesity, distribution of body fat and weight loss, as well as the mechanisms linking excess adiposity to various comorbidities. The second edition of Adipose Tissue and Adipokines in Health and Disease appears 5 years after the initial volume of the Nutrition and Health series on the same topic. The aim of the current edition remains to provide comprehensive information regarding adipose tissue, its physiological functions and its role in disease, collecting in one place updated information spanning the range of adipose tissue studies, from basic adipocyte biology to epidemiology and clinical aspects.