Overview
Being overweight and obese are a major risk for multiple numbers of chronic diseases
such as diabetes and high blood pressure which are leading causes of death worldwide.
Facts about Obesity
Obesity is linked to more than 60 chronic diseases
Obesity is most common in middle age
Obesity is not only caused by bad diet, irregular lifestyle, insufficient sleep, and chronic stress can contribute to it
Current Solutions
Besides maintaining a healthy eating plan and exercising regularly,
weight loss medicine is also a popular solution.
However, there are many adverse side effects to diet pills such as bloating and diet pills,
some even lead to death.
In Taiwan supplements made from green tea and brown algae are used to help with maintaining a healthy weight.
But, how do we know if these work?
Finding a solution
Our goal is to design a test capable of identifying products on the market that can truly improve obese conditions.
By replicating the obesity-inducing process in the human body using AMPK/SNF1 in yeast,
we aim to provide a reliable indicator that can show the effectiveness of a product in
reducing obese conditions and the validity of company claims with our product:
NO-besity: Local people, solving local problems using synthetic biology
