Sentences with phrase «affect obese individuals»

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We hypothesized that supplementation of overweight and obese free - living individuals with whey protein (WP) 3 would decrease body weight and fat compared with individuals supplemented with isonitrogenous soy protein (SP) or isoenergetic carbohydrate (CHO) and that insulin, insulin - like growth factor (IGF), ghrelin, and thyroid hormones would be affected by protein source.

In Finland alone, it affects around 1,000,000 people of the general population and has an occurrence of 90 % among obese individuals.

That means that total adipose tissue (body fat across the body) and the size of the individual fat cells affect the secretion of leptin, with small fat cells (of which the formerly obese have an abundance) secreting about 1/7 as much leptin as a larger fat cell.

Compared to people with a healthy weight, overweight and obese individuals have an increased risk of developing diabetes and cardiovascular diseases (conditions that affect the heart and / or the blood vessels), and tend to die younger.