Emerging Trends in Metabolic Syndrome

Description

Emerging Trends in Metabolic Syndrome covers key features of metabolic syndrome which are usually not addressed while considering overall health status. The goal of writing this book is generally aimed at clarifying this concept and spreading awareness regarding the rising obesity epidemic worldwide.

The book covers the spectrum of obesity from pathophysiology to related disorders such as infertility, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and epilepsy, etc. The general flow of the book begins from introduction of the concept and moving to more advanced areas such as intricate relationship of metabolic syndrome and obesity with overall health, reproductive health, unorthodox etiological factors and challenges for management.

Author Biography

Dr. Syeda Sadia Fatima is an Assistant Professor of Physiology at the Aga Khan University. Her research is dedicated to understand the causes of metabolic syndrome and its overall consequences on general health, bone health, reproductive and feto-maternal health. In addition, she is also proficient in designing and offering flipped classroom sessions and blended learning medical education courses.