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Chronic inflammation and obesity suppress AMPK activity, creating a negative feedback loop that exacerbates insulin resistance and metabolic disease.
Weight loss and reducing inflammation can help restore normal AMPK activity, which improves metabolic health. Strategies like exercise and calorie restriction are effective because they counteract the suppression of AMPK caused by obesity and chronic inflammation.
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Compelling evidence has indicated a negative association between obesity/inflammation and AMPK. Consistently, a recent study showed that reduced AMPK activity was associated with increased inflammation in the visceral adipose tissue and whole-body insulin resistance in morbidly obese individuals.
Why this rating
Supported by multiple studies cited in the review regarding cytokines, FFAs, and AMPK phosphorylation.
Source
Regulation and function of AMPK in physiology and diseases
Sang‐Min Jeon · Experimental & Molecular Medicine · 2016
DOI 10.1038/emm.2016.81
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