Tuire Salonurmi

Jun 20, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Shanghai Jiao Tong |Yiqun Wu |Tuire Salonurmi |Junhui Wu

Introduction By 2035, 25% of the population will be aged 60 years and over in China (1); ageing has become one of the major forces driving the global epidemic of chronic diseases. Pre-obesity, as a significant risk factor for the progression of several metabolic syndromes (MS)-related chronic conditions, including hypertension, dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes (T2D), and non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD) (2), has been getting increased attention.