Functional foods as potential therapeutic options for metabolic syndrome
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Article Title | Functional foods as potential therapeutic options for metabolic syndrome |
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ERA Journal ID | 13739 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Brown, L. (Author), Poudyal, H. (Author) and Panchal, S. K. (Author) |
Journal Title | Obesity Reviews |
Journal Citation | 16 (11), pp. 914-941 |
Number of Pages | 28 |
Year | 2015 |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 1467-7881 |
1467-789X | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.12313 |
Web Address (URL) | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/obr.12313/epdf |
Abstract | Obesity as part of metabolic syndrome is a major lifestyle disorder throughout the world. Current drug treatments for obesity produce small and usually unsustainable decreases in body weight with the risk of major adverse effects. Surgery has been the only treatment producing successful long-term weight loss. As a different but complementary approach, lifestyle modification including the use of functional foods could produce a reliable decrease in obesity with decreased comorbidities. Functional foods may include fruits such as berries, vegetables, fibre-enriched grains and beverages such as tea and coffee. Although health improvements continue to be reported for these functional foods in rodent studies, further evidence showing the translation of these results into humans is required. Thus, the concept that these fruits and vegetables will act as functional foods in humans to reduce obesity and thereby improve health remains intuitive and possible rather than proven. |
Keywords | flavonoids, functional food, obesity, prebiotics |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 321004. Nutritional science |
321401. Basic pharmacology | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Health and Wellbeing |
Kyoto University, Japan | |
Institute for Agriculture and the Environment | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q311v/functional-foods-as-potential-therapeutic-options-for-metabolic-syndrome
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