New Evidence Shows Brain Plays Role in Obesity
January 7, 2008
There’s new evidence that the brain plays a role in obesity. A study in mice shows how too much body fat makes the brain resistant to a hormone that normally shuts off appetite when we’re full. The researchers also studied ways to restore sensitivity to the fullness hormone.
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Hospitality Recreation, Health Medical Pharma, Anatomy, Obesity, Biology, Ghrelin, Leptin, Brain, Peptide hormones, Bariatrics, Metabolic disorders, Nutrition, Medicine
