ea0029p1244 | Obesity | ICEECE2012
Muller H.
, Enriori P.
, Gebhardt U.
, Hinney A.
, Hebebrandt J.
, Reinehr T.
, Cowley M.
, Roth C.
Objective: Relationships of blood circulating melanocortins to childhood obesity are not well established. We evaluated serum α-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH) in lean children and different study groups of childhood obesity.Methods: We examined serum α-MSH in 52 otherwise healthy children with childhood obesity (Ob, mean age 11 years, 32 girls / 20 boys), 27 normal-weight children of same age, 7 additional obese patients with reduc...