Failure to thrive (FTT) in infancy occurs when an infant's weight gain deviates at least two major percentiles downward on a standardized growth chart, crossing below the 5th percentile (1). The ...

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) produces more durable glycemic control than sleeve gastrectomy (SG) or intensive medical therapy (IMT). However, the contribution of acylated ghrelin (AG), a ...

Working out hard may fast-track your weight loss goals — especially if you’re a woman. A small study from the University of Virginia found that vigorous exercise suppresses levels of the “hunger ...

The peptide hormone ghrelin is the only known protein modified with an O-linked octanoyl side group, which occurs on its third serine residue. This modification is crucial for ghrelin's physiological ...

Diabetes. 2012;61(10):2592-2596. This was a randomized, placebo-controlled, single-blind (subject), crossover study. All subjects were examined in two sessions, scheduled at least 3 weeks apart, at ...

Volumetric changes of the primary esophageal tumor during radiation therapy. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2017 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. This abstract does not include a full ...

How exercise affects body weight is one of the more intriguing and vexing issues in physiology. Exercise burns calories, no one doubts that, and so it should, in theory, produce weight loss, a fact ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Men and women had lower deacylated ghrelin levels in high-intensity vs. moderate-intensity or no exercise ...

Exercise can make you hungry. But if you pick the right workout, you’re less likely to overeat. New research suggests up-tempo, high-energy workouts, even if they are quite short, can reduce a key ...