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- Obesity is a global issue that arises from various interconnected factors, including lifestyle, stress, and urban design, all of which contribute to unhealthy eating habits and chronic inflammation.
- The obesogenic environment (OE) is identified as a harmful factor, and its role is exacerbated by the prevalence of caloric-rich foods within the food system.
- Additionally, environmental pollutants are highlighted as significant contributors to obesity, as they disrupt metabolic processes linked to weight gain, suggesting the need to include pollution as a key factor in understanding the OE.
Article Abstract
Obesity figures in the world continue to increase, representing a multifactorial and multidimensional problem. Efforts to contribute to reduction in obesity have led to the study of this condition from different approaches, including the obesogenic environment (OE), which is harmful to health due to the multiple factors that compose the OE. Some of the most important factors are stress, lifestyle, and urban design, framed in a food system that provides caloric foods and contributes to intake of hypercaloric diets. The OE exacerbates the obesogenic process and chronic low-grade inflammation. However, these factors are not the only ones responsible for obesity. Environmental pollutants also contribute, because they interfere with metabolic processes that regulate lipid accumulation and increase body adiposity. In this review, we analyze the relationship between pollution and obesogenic processes. We postulate the inclusion of environmental pollution within the factors and definition of the OE.
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