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The effects of obesity on the human body part III: Cardiovascular, digestive, excretory, endocrine, and reproductive.

Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Department of Anatomical Sciences, St. George's University School of Medicine, St. George's, Grenada. Seattle Children's, Seattle, Washington, USA. Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA. Division of Gross and Clinical Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. Department of Neurosurgery, Tulane Center for Clinical Neurosciences, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Department of Anatomy, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland. Department of Neurology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Clinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.). 2021;(2):307-311
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Abstract

This third installment of The Effects of Obesity on the Human Body discusses the endocrine, digestive, reproductive, cardiovascular, and excretory systems. Obesity is known to upset hormonal balance, leading to widespread metabolic disorders involving organs such as the liver and pancreas. Furthermore, the hypersecretion of leptin from adipose tissue triggers various responses from the cardiovascular and gastrointestinal systems, with implications for energy and nutrient balance and uptake.

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