Obesity is a multifactorial disease. To be successful in preventing and treating obesity, we must be aware and address all of the contributing factors: Western diet and its effect on our hormones and the gut microbiome, sedentary lifestyle, stress, the epidemic of sleep deprivation and circadian rhythm disruption, environmental pollution with obesogens and other endocrine disruptors, as well as chronic inflammation.
We will focus in particular on the changes in the gut microbiome and how they affect appetite, metabolism, the immune system and insulin and leptin signaling.
