The increased prevalence of obesity worldwide is associated with an epidemic of type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is well established that a tight correlation exists between body adiposity and glucose ...

Measuring and administering the leptin hormone could help producers identify variations in breeding efficiency between ...

Twenty years after the hormone leptin was found to regulate metabolism, appetite, and weight through brain cells called neurons, Yale School of Medicine researchers have found that the hormone also ...

Food restriction and weight loss result in reduced plasma leptin, which is associated with a pleiotropic biologic response. However, because weight loss itself is also associated with changes in ...

Obesity has become a global epidemic, and the need for treatment and monitoring for people with obesity is growing.