Assessment of minerals in biological fluids in people with obesity: A pilot study

A case-control study on asthma and obese patients: Influence of lifestyle patterns, serum trace elements, heavy metals, and total antioxidants

“…Studies reported concentrations of some elements in excess (above optimum) or deficient amount can progress to some types of metabolic abnormalities which could lead to obesity [ 16 , 17 ]. Gizela et al, 2023 reported obesity can have harmful consequences such as nutritional metabolic disturbance, accumulation of adipose tissue, which harms the subject health [ 17 ].…”

“…Findings on the connection between zinc and asthma vary. Studies frequently discovered low blood zinc levels in asthmatics [ 38 , 39 ], and they also established links between zinc deficiency as well as overweight and accumulation of fat [ 17 , 40 ].…”

“…Hidden hunger refers to this discrepancy between the intake of trace elements and minerals and the use of energy. As a result, the overweight population is the major demographic impacted by hidden hunger, since some studies have previously shown that the trace elements and minerals in the obese population alter because of poor food quality consumption [ 16 , 17 ].…”