Recent Trends in Functional Foods for Obesity Management

Recent Trends in Functional Foods for Obesity Management

Amrita Poonia
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-3546-5.ch052
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Abstract

Obesity is a medical condition caused by the accumulation of excess fat in the body. The main causes of obesity are lifestyle, less physical activity, and increased health problems. Overweight and obesity have increased over the past 20 years in many regions of the world, particularly the prevalence of obesity in childhood. It is not only a problem of developed countries but also becoming a growing burden for the developing countries. Functional foods might play important role in prevention or treatment of overweight. Functional foods for obesity influences the energy balance equation regulated by the control of energy intake or of energy dissipated as heat (thermogenesis).
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Causes Of Obesity

Increase Energy Intake

Obesity arises from an energy imbalance whereby energy intake exceeds energy expenditure. Prevention or treatment of obesity is associated with modifications of energy intake and energy expenditure. In weight management approaches, functional food approach can target multiple aspects of the energy balance systems like food intake, energy expenditure and energy storage. Pharmaceutical companies have adopted all of these approaches for developing foods for weight management. The relationship of physical activity and energy balance has shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1.

Energy balance for weight management

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