...Shaoyun Wang; Lijuan Yang; Juming Lu; Yiming Mu Objective: A high-protein diet may decrease food intake through regulating satiety and appetite hormones and can be an effective strategy for weight loss. Few studies exist on obese Chinese adolescents. Methods and Materials: 156 obese Chinese...

...Chuan Shen; Tao Yu; Zhang Hui Tang; Kang Min Wu Background: Obestatin and ghrelin both have effects on the hypothalamus which controls food intake. We hypothesize that the circulating levels of obestatin and ghrelin may change after a meal and might be different between obesity and anorexia, which...

..., promoting reduced food intake and meal termination after binding to receptors in key appetite-related sites in the hypothalamus and the brainstem [ 15,16,17 ], which is unaffected in patients with hypothalamic tumors. Long-acting GLP-1 agonists and orally active inhibitors of the incretin-degrading enzyme...

... baseline food intake (lesion –20.8%, control –13.6%; p < 0.001) and percent change in body weight (lesion –4.9%/9 days, control –3.2%/9 days; p < 0.05) was observed during Ex4 treatment compared with saline. Conclusion: Ex4 resulted in reduction of food intake and body weight. Follow-up studies...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Ghrelin GH secretagogues GH Gastroenteropancreatic functions Food intake Cardiovascular system Cancer Metabolism Ghrelin, a 28-amino-acid peptide predominantly produced by the stomach, displays strong growth hormone (GH...