“You could speculate whether the people who put on weight again simply lack the appetite-inhibiting effect which neurotensin appears to have,” says senior author Signe Sørensen Torekov. Credit: Cathrine Sixhøj Chrone
The participants lost weight during the eight-week, low-calorie diet. The researchers concluded that the people who lost even more weight in the year following the diet released more neurotensin than people who gained weight after completing the diet. Whether a drug simulating neurotensin release in the brain or intestines is interesting, explains Signe Sørensen Torekov.
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