Obesity and Diabetes

New obesity and diabetes study findings recently were published by researchers at University of Florida

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, April 28th, 2008

According to recent research published in the journal Diabetes, "We examined whether chronic leptin treatment of diet-induced obese rats promotes or alleviates the susceptibility to continued high-fat feeding. Second, we examined if voluntary wheel running is beneficial in reducing the trajectory of weight gain in high-fat-raised leptin-resistant rats."

"Sprague-Dawley rats were fed a standard diet or a high-fat diet for 5 months, and then hypothalamic leptin overexpression was induced through central administration of adeno-associated virus-encoding leptin while continuing either the standard or high-fat diet. Two weeks later, half of the rats in each group were...

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2008-04-28)

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