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Appetite's third way
Email: Tudor Toma - t.toma@ic.ac.uk News from The Scientist 2002, 3(1):20020808-02
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Weight is controlled by a complex neuroendocrine system. Circulating hormones convey information about the energy needs to the neural pathways that control eating and energy output, but many of the molecules involved in this system have remained unknown. In August 8 Nature, Rachel Batterham and colleagues at Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, London, UK, show that the hormone PYY3-36 — released from the gut postprandially in proportion to the calorie content of the meal — physiologically inhibits food intake and reduces weight gain (Nature 2002, 418:650-654).
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