Health Benefits of Natural Bioactive Compound from Different Sources: Obesity

Obesity is a state of excessive body fat accumulation due to imbalance between energy input and energy expenditure. The worldwide disease of adiposity is seen in specific lifestyle of individuals which consume greater number of calories day by day than needed. This review of scientific literature assesses several bioactive compounds from different sources they contain that play an important role in the prevention and therapy of obesity. Bioactive compound from marines, plants, animals and dietary sources have shown anti-obesity effect. Some Prebiotics and probiotics also shown ant-obesity effects in obese individuals. Furthermore, this review focuses on various physical activities that reduces the weight gain and maintain the wellbeing of people and non-pharmacological treatments like transcranial direct current stimulation.