Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have a negative effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and increased health problems.  Obesity is known to lead to a breakdown of the body’s protective defences, creating the optimal environment for autoimmune diseases; generating a pro-inflammatory environment likely to worsen disease progression.  Therefore a lot … Continue reading Researchers link obesity to a faulty immune system in animal model.