Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Ghrelin gene products ghrelin and obestatin have apparent opposite orexigenic and anorexigenic effects, although this latter has not been firmly demonstrated for obestatin in humans. So far, no information has been reported in relation to its potential association to metabolic syndrome (MS).Objective: To study obestatin concentrations in relation to nutritional parameters and eating behavior in old women.Methods: One ...