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Weight Loss Injection Makes Patients Feel Full

Posted: Thursday, August 18, 2005

Researchers at Imperial College London believe the treatment, an injection of a natural digestive hormone called oxyntomodulin that is released in the small intestine, could help to stem the world's growing obesity epidemic.

Leptin Alters Brains - Eases Cravings of People with Obesity Gene

Posted: Thursday, May 12, 2005

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study finds that the protein hormone leptin promotes development of gray matter in the part of the brain that regulates cravings and the ability to monitor personal behavior.

Hunger In Obese Patients Due To Less Postprandial Plasma Ghrelin Suppression

Posted: Wednesday, February 09, 2005

Circulating levels of the gastric hormone ghrelin rise before and decrease following a meal. In normal weight subjects postprandial suppression of ghrelin is proportional to calories consumed. Obese individuals have lower fasting ghrelin levels. Obese individuals may eat more because they don’t feel as full as their non-obese peers.

Plant Protein Helps In Controlling Diabetes and Obesity

Posted: Wednesday, February 09, 2005

Scientists find a plant protein that mimics a human hormone linked to weight loss and possibly helpful for the prevention of diabetes.

Getting Enough Sleep Can Help Reduce Weight Gain

Posted: Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Sleep deprivation alters hormones and increases appetite, according to the results of a brief randomized study.

Shedding Light on Seasonal Depression

Posted: Thursday, December 09, 2004

It usually starts off with feelings of fatigue, difficulty getting up in the morning, a big afternoon slump, and then a taste for carbohydrate-rich foods. Coupled with that fatigue and the carbohydrate-rich food that's a formula for weight gain

DHEA Improves Insulin Action and Fights Abdominal Fat

Posted: Wednesday, December 01, 2004

The war against widening waistlines may have a new weapon: Researchers say an over-the-counter hormone supplement might help elderly people shed stubborn belly fat