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... > social science subjects > sociology > environmental, urban and regional sociology > environmental sociology > biology and chemistry > disease > symptoms of disease > inflammation
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... > contexts > population characteristics > socioeconomic factors > poverty > effects of poverty > disease > symptoms of disease > inflammation
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inflammation  

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  • Obese organisms have higher levels of inflammation-associated messengers. As researchers investigated where these signals originated and their relation to increasing body weight, they discovered that the accumulation of excess fat tissue leads to the recruitment of immune cells into the tissue. [Source: Encyclopedia of Obesity; Inflammation]

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