ea0056p594 | Obesity | ECE2018
Janmaat Simone
, Savas Mesut
, Wester Vincent
, van der Valk Eline
, van den Akker Erica
, de Rijke Yolanda
, van Rossum Elisabeth
Introduction: The prevalence of obesity is still increasing and is accompanied by significant health problems. High exposure to glucocorticoids, including the stress hormone cortisol, has been suggested to play a role in the development of obesity and associated cardiometabolic derangements. We previously showed that obese persons are exposed to high long-term cortisol levels as measured in scalp hair. It is not known whether these elevated cortisol levels decrease with weight...