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Metabolic Consequences

Meaning

Metabolic Consequences describe the systemic cascade of physiological and biochemical effects that arise from a primary disease state, a chronic environmental exposure, or a therapeutic intervention, fundamentally altering the body’s intricate processes of energy expenditure, substrate utilization, and nutrient storage. These tangible outcomes are clinically assessed by monitoring key parameters of homeostasis, including glucose tolerance, insulin sensitivity, and the circulating lipid profile. Adverse metabolic consequences, such as dyslipidemia and insulin resistance, are major drivers of chronic disease pathology.