- Researchers estimate that more than 1 billion people globally have obesity.
- Obesity can increase a person’s risk for several health problems, including joint conditions, such as osteoarthritis.
- Scientists from Imperial College London in the United Kingdom and the University of Copenhagen in Denmark have recently found that high levels of caffeine in the blood over a long time, influenced by consumption and genetically controlled metabolism, may help protect the body against both obesity and joint disease.
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Obesity can increase a person’s risk for several health problems, including joint conditions such as
Now, researchers from Imperial College London in the United Kingdom and from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark have found that higher levels of caffeine in the blood over a long period may help protect the body against both obesity and joint disease.
The study recently appeared in the journal
Dr. Dipender Gill, a clinician scientist at Imperial College London and lead author of this study, told Medical News Today they decided to study the effect of caffeine on obesity and joint health because caffeine is widely consumed, and they believe it important to better understand its broad effects on health.
For this study, Dr. Gill and his team focused on
“This is the amount of caffeine circulating in the blood and is thus pharmacologically active to affect bodily functions,” he explained.
Additionally, the researchers looked at genetic variants related to caffeine metabolism and how that may affect and break down circulating caffeine levels in the blood, also known as plasma caffeine.
“The use of large-scale human genetic data enabled us to provide rapid and…
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