Obesity, a Diet-Induced Inflammatory Disease

Albert Lecube^{1

2}, Carolina López-Cano³

Affiliations

¹ Endocrinology and Nutrition Department, Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital, Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism (ODIM) Research Group, IRBLleida, University of Lleida, 25716 Lleida, Spain. alecube@gmail.com.
² Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), 28029 Madrid, Spain. alecube@gmail.com.
³ Endocrinology and Nutrition Department, Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital, Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism (ODIM) Research Group, IRBLleida, University of Lleida, 25716 Lleida, Spain. karolopezc@gmail.com.

Editorial

Albert Lecube et al. Nutrients. 2019.

. 2019 Sep 24;11(10):2284.

doi: 10.3390/nu11102284.

Albert Lecube^{1

2}, Carolina López-Cano³

¹ Endocrinology and Nutrition Department, Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital, Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism (ODIM) Research Group, IRBLleida, University of Lleida, 25716 Lleida, Spain. alecube@gmail.com.
² Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), 28029 Madrid, Spain. alecube@gmail.com.
³ Endocrinology and Nutrition Department, Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital, Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism (ODIM) Research Group, IRBLleida, University of Lleida, 25716 Lleida, Spain. karolopezc@gmail.com.

Abstract

Obesity is a multifactorial and complex disease that continues to challenge patients and professional caregivers [...].

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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