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      Beyond fast food and slow motion: weighty contributors to the obesity epidemic.

      Journal of Endocrinological Investigation
      Body Weight, physiology, Epidemics, Fast Foods, adverse effects, statistics & numerical data, Feeding Behavior, Humans, Models, Biological, Motion, Motor Activity, Obesity, epidemiology, etiology, Risk Factors, Sedentary Lifestyle

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          Decreased physical activity and marketing-driven increased consumption of "junk" food, dubbed "The Big Two", are generally regarded as the most important contributors to the obesity epidemic. However, the full picture contains many more pieces of the puzzle. We address several additional issues and review current clinical developments in obesity research. In spite of dramatic advancements in our understanding of the adipose organ and its endocrine and immune products, the ultimate causes of the obesity epidemic remain elusive. Treatment is plagued by poor adherence to life style modifications, and available pharmacological options are marginally effective, often also associated with major side effects. Surgical treatments, albeit effective in decreasing body weight, are invasive and expensive. Thus, our approaches to finding the causes, improving the existing treatments, and inventing novel therapies must be manifold.

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