Increased bodyweight after stopping smoking may be due to changes in insulin secretion
Monday, May 7, 2012 - 22:30
in Health & Medicine
Fear of putting on weight is one of the major reasons why smokers do not give up their habit. The reasons for this weight gain are believed to be in part due to metabolic changes in the body, but until now precise details of these changes were not known. New work had shown that changes in insulin secretion could be related to weight gain after smoking cessation.
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