Diet-Induced Metabolic Syndrome in Rodent Models A quick look at a crowd of people shows that many of our fellow humans are carrying around too much excess weight. The prevalence of obesity is at epidemic levels in the developed world, and obesity may be the root cause of or precursor to other diseases such as insulin resistance, abnormal blood lipid levels (hypertriglyceridemia and reduced high density lipoprotein cholesterol), and hypertension (high blood pressure).
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