Big, Well-Balanced Breakfast Aids Weight Loss
It led to almost 40-pound reduction among sedentary, obese women, study found
Posted June 19, 2008
Leptin is a hormone that plays a role in appetite regulation and metabolism. Brewster said she wasn't surprised by these findings, because once the body is overweight, it tries to maintain that size. "Fat cells become mini-endocrine systems themselves to maintain obesity," she said, and keeping leptin levels elevated is likely one way the body does that.
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Learn more about weight loss from the U.S. National Women's Health Information Center.
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