Ra Ximhai (Jul 2017)

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AS A RISK FACTOR TO ACQUIRE OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY

  • José Luis Higuera-Sainz,
  • José Alfredo Pimentel-Jaimes,
  • Geu Salomé Mendoza-Catalán,
  • Ulises Rieke- Campoy,
  • Gisela Ponce y Ponce de León,
  • Adriana Camargo-Bravo

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 2
pp. 53 – 62

Abstract

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This chapter describes the epidemiological panorama of overweight, obesity and presents alcohol consumption as a major risk factor for acquiring these health conditions. It also describes the definition of alcohol, its pharmacology, the role of alcohol consumption in overweight and obesity, the combination of alcoholic beverages with sugary drinks and concludes with a series of recommendations to limit alcohol consumption and in consequence to avoid or reduce the overweight and obesity caused in part by the abuse of this substance.

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