Inflammation as a Link between Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome

<table>Mechanisms linking abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome. TNF-<i>α</i> : tumour necrosis factor alpha; IL-6 : interleukin 6; NO : nitric oxide; ROS : reactive oxygen species; JNK : c-jun N-terminal kinase; IKK : Inhibitor of k kinase; PKR : protein kinase R.</table>

Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism

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Figure 1: Inflammation as a Link between Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome 