Combining exercise with hormone could prevent weight gain
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - 10:07
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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