Pregnancy as a Remedy for Obesity

N. M. Bazhan

Obesity as a problem is a phenomenon peculiar only to a developed human society. Another problem - hunger -is characteristic of wild nature just as of the prehistoric human society. Hence, a healthy fatness at all times was an indicator of a physical and social prosperity. In modern society, this opinion has survived perhaps only towards children and pets. So, what is obesity - a bad habit or a disease? Why does it require so much effort to lose excess kilos? Is it feasible to correct the overweight? The research with model objects - mice with genetically determined obesity - throws light on this modern "plague" of the replete humankind

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