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Revealing Estrogen's Secret Role In Obesity |
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Written by ScienceDaily: Obesity News
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Monday, 20 August 2007 |
Research on the effects of the female sex hormone estrogen in the brain lend credence to what many women have suspected about the hormonal changes that accompany aging: Menopause can make you fat. In animal experiments, researchers showed how estrogen receptors in the brain serve as a master switch to control food intake, energy expenditure and body fat distribution.
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