Combining exercise with hormone could prevent weight gain
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 16:56
in Health & Medicine
Once heralded as a promising obesity treatment, the hormone leptin lost its fat-fighting luster when scientists discovered overweight patients were resistant to its effects. But pairing leptin with just a minor amount of exercise seems to revive the hormone`s ability to fight fat again, University of Florida researchers recently discovered.
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