Obesity and its Impact on Health

Dr. Asita Elengoe is Head of the Department of Biotechnology at the Faculty of Science, Lincoln University College, Malaysia. She obtained her Ph.D. in Bioscience and Master of Science in Biotechnology (2010) from the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Her research is focused on cancer, gene therapy, computational biology, natural products and medicinal plants. She is a member of the Royal Society of Biology (MRSB) the United Kingdom, an editor for the SCIREA Journal of Biology, and an assistant executive editor for the International Journal of Advancement in Life Sciences Research. She received the ‘Young Researcher in Biotechnology’ Award at the International Healthcare Awards 2018, Chennai, India. Dr. Methil Kannan Kutty is currently a Professor of Pathology at the Faculty of Medicine, Lincoln University College, Malaysia. Previously, he has served at the Universiti Islam Malaysia, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UITM, International Medical University, Royal College of Medicine and King Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He served as a visiting Professor at Madras Medical College for five years. He has more than 160 publications in peer-reviewed journals to his credit and has authored seven books.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The Economics of Obesity-A Public Policy Perspective.- Chapter 3. Obesity and skin problems.- Chapter 4. Obesity and endometriosis.- Chapter 5. Hypogonadism.- Chapter 6. Effect of obesity in cardiovascular system.- Chapter 7. Impact of obesity on vaccination.- Chapter 8. Obesity-linked diseases (Comorbidities).- Chapter 9. Imaging as a tool for measuring body fat.- Chapter 10. Extrapolation from clinical trial to practice: current pharmacotherapy on obesity.- Chapter 11. Nanotechnology in the context of obesity.- Chapter 12. Computational approach in drug development for obesity.