OBJECTIVE: To-examine the interrelationship of circulating leptin concentrations, basal metabolic rates (BMR) and respiratory quotients (RQ) in young and older adults. DESIGN: Cross sectional study.
Most obese patients grow resistant to satiety signals from the hormone leptin. A new study shows that leptin sensitivity can be restored in mice, leading to weight loss. Worldwide obesity rates have ...
How do mammals manage to eat in situations that cause anxiety, step into exposed spaces, or slow down when anxiety drives them to keep moving? A new study pinpoints a leptin-sensitive circuit in the ...
Researchers have successfully treated two unrelated children with characteristics of leptin dysfunction — including intense hyperphagia, impaired satiety, and severe, early onset obesity — only after ...
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New Study: Eating This Could Trigger More Than 100 Changes in Your Gut
What we consume could also take a toll on our mood and memory, according to researchers, though there is a way to counteract these effects.
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