“…From a pathophysiological point of view this is not surprising, since obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and several types of cancer share most risk factors (e.g., insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia, chronic inflammation, oxidative stress, lifestyle and voluptuary habits, chronic stress, and so on), thus sketching the mechanistic fundamentals of a ‘dangerous affair’ [ 13 , 14 ]. The Westernization of diet and lifestyle probably played a pivotal role in this process, and emerging evidence shows the additional role played by household and environmental pollution, nanoplastics, and endocrine disruptors too [ 15 , 16 , 17 ].…”