METABOLIC DISORDERS AND IMMUNITY

Which of the following is NOT part of the metabolic syndrome?

• Excess abdominal fat

• High blood pressure

• Insulin resistance

• Gastric ulcers

What is the name  of liver- and adipose-like tissue that stores fat and serves as a detoxifying and immune responsive organ of Drosophila?

• Fat body

•  Abdominal segment

• Haemocoel

• Malpighian tubele

The thrifty phenotype hypothesis argues that

• Alzheimer's disease is caused by a type of insulin resistance and insulin-like growth factor dysfunction that occurs specifically in the brain.

• There is an epidemiological associations between poor fetal and infant growth and the subsequent development of type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome

• Type-1 and type-2 diabetes are the same disorder of insulin resistance against different genetic backgrounds

Which Gram-negative anaerobic mucus-layer-degrading bacterium colonizes the intestinal mucosa of humans and rodents and shows an inverse correlation with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), obesity, and diabetes:

• Yersinia pestis

• Akkermansia muciniphila

• Escherichia coli

• Clostridioides difficile

• Lactobacillus

Which pub snack has the most saturated fat? (per 100g)

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