Medicine & Health · Endocrinology & Metabolism
A topic within Endocrinology & Metabolism, itself one of 10 topics in that field and part of Medicine & Health.
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World Health Organization
Reframes obesity as a chronic disease driven by an environment that promotes energy-dense food and sedentary behaviour, arguing for population-level prevention alongside individual treatment.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Yiying Zhang et al.
Identifies the mouse 'obese' gene and its protein product, later named leptin, as a hormone secreted by fat tissue that signals the brain about energy stores, showing body weight is governed by an active hormonal feedback system rather than passive accumulation.