Action of ghrelin hormone increases appetite and favors accumulation of abdominal fat
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 13:28
in Health & Medicine
The ghrelin hormone not only stimulates the brain giving rise to an increase in appetite, but also favours the accumulation of lipids in visceral fatty tissue, located in the abdominal zone and considered to be the most harmful. This is the conclusion of research undertaken at Metabolic Research Laboratory of the University Hospital of Navarra, published recently in the International Journal of Obesity.