Track
:
Track 1 — Metabolism and Integrative Physiology
Program Code:
401
Date:
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Time:
8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
EST
Description
Learning Objectives:
Describe how obesity induces chronic local inflammation in adipose tissue.
Explain how the increased secretion of inflammatory mediators seen in obese visceral fat reflects the ongoing chronic inflammation of the adipose tissue itself.