Maternal calorie restriction during gestation in rats has been associated with altered white adipose tissue (WAT) sympathetic innervation and function in offspring. Here, we aimed to investigate ...

This study consisted of two case–case control studies. The first study included a sample of 102 apparently healthy African women and the second, 115 apparently healthy Caucasian women from the North ...

Ultrasonographic examinations during pregnancy were considered normal except for suspected macrosomia in the third trimester. The patient's total weight gain during pregnancy was 50 kg (110 lb) from a ...

A unique technique for neutralizing the action of the leptin protein in humans and animals – thereby providing a means for controlling and better understanding of leptin function, including its role ...

In 2005 the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that globally 400 million adults were obese, defined by a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2 or greater. WHO projects that by 2015 there will be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you constantly feel hungry no matter how you try to manage your appetite, a hormonal imbalance known as leptin resistance could ...

The spectrum of the known physiological processes controlled by leptin is quite broad; still, some of the leptin functions are only just being recognized. Consequently, the list of leptin-related ...

Doctors say that weight training is essential for physical health, but it also unlocks a secret aid that can help you lose weight. There is a hormone in your body called leptin that plays a ...

2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the discovery of leptin – the hormone that tells our brains when we've eaten enough and the first reported genetic basis for obesity. The discovery will be ...

The frustration is all too familiar – you’re counting calories, exercising regularly, yet that stubborn belly fat refuses to disappear. What many don’t realize is that hormones often play a decisive ...

How does the Arctic tern (a sea bird) fly more than 80,000 miles in its roundtrip North Pole-to-South Pole migration? How does the Emperor penguin incubate eggs for months during the Antarctic winter ...