According to the CDC, obesity prevalence in the United States was 42.4 percent in 2017–2018. Obesity prevalence in the United States climbed from 30.5 percent to 42.4 percent between 1999 and 2018.

New research in iScience shows that the hormone leptin, the potassium channel Kcnb1, and integrins form a tripartite brain ...

In a new study, Yale researchers offer insight into leptin, a hormone that plays a key role in appetite, overeating, and obesity. Their findings advance knowledge about leptin and weight gain, and ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. The hormone leptin was discovered 30 years ago to much fanfare.

The existence of a factor secreted by white adipose tissue (WAT), which acts to control feeding, weight and WAT mass, was first proposed by Kennedy 1 and is supported by monogenic mutations resulting ...

Three decades ago, in a lab at The Rockefeller University, New York City, Jeffrey Friedman, MD, PhD, observed a paradox that would forever change our understanding of obesity. His subjects, a rare ...

The hormone responsible for preventing us from constant eating and keeping us at a healthy weight apparently also plays a role in the growth of new blood vessels, a process called angiogenesis.

New research offers insight into leptin, a hormone that plays a key role in appetite, overeating, and obesity. The findings advance knowledge about leptin and weight gain, and also suggest a potential ...

Those little fruit flies floating around the ripening cantaloupes pack some fat between their tiny wings. They’re cold-blooded and burn their fat to warm up. “They have really beautiful fat, the flies ...

The adipocyte hormone leptin is important in regulating energy homeostasis. Since severe lipodystrophy is associated with leptin deficiency, insulin resistance, hypertriglyceridemia, and hepatic ...