Study Finds 'Slimming Hormone' ; Leptin Signals Mammal Brains to Reduce Appetite

The Washington Times › January 27, 2004

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A University of Florida study suggests that dieters who persevere in losing weight may be helped by a "slimming hormone."

The study of rats, published in the current issue of the monthly journal Obesity Research, showed that adult rats fattened on high- calorie foods returned to their lower weights when scientists used gene therapy to produce the hormone, called leptin, in the rodents' brains.

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Study Finds 'Slimming Hormone' ; Leptin Signals Mammal Brains to Reduce Appetite

All mammals, including humans, produce leptin in their fat cells, said Satya Kalra, a neuroscientist at the U...

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