Aristotelion University of Thessaloniki, Greece
BPD-DS linked to suppressed ghrelin levels and may lead to long-term weight-loss
Published in Fitness and Wellness Business Week, July 5th, 2006
According to recent research published in the journal Obesity Surgery, "Ghrelin is a peptide hormone with orexigenic properties, primarily produced by the stomach. Different changes in fasting ghrelin levels have been reported following bariatric surgery."
"In this study," proposed E.V. Kotidis and colleagues, Aristotelion University of Thessaloniki, "we investigate the hypothesis that because ghrelin is mainly produced by the fundus of the stomach, biliopancreatic...
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