New research shows obesity is inflammatory disease

A new "obesity drug" may block the effects of high sugar and fat diets. Scientists reports on how an abnormal amount of the inflammatory protein, PAR2, appears in abdominal fat tissue of overweight humans and rats, and is increased on human immune cell surfaces. When obese rats on this diet were given a drug that binds to PAR2, its inflammation-causing properties were blocked, as were other effects -- including obesity itself.

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