Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Questions about hunger and fullness come up constantly in my clinic. Many patients try to manage appetite through willpower alone, ...

Background: Preterm infants are often in negative energy balance during the neonatal period. The aim of the present study was to determine the circulating concentrations of hormones involved in the ...

Nutritionist Nmami Agarwal explains why evening cravings happen and how a simple snack swap can help manage them better.

Leptin is made in fat tissue in proportion to the amount of fat tissue an individual has, meaning more fat more leptin, less fat less leptin. In general, lean people have less than 10 nanograms (10 -9 ...

Scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and The Rockefeller University in collaboration with investigators at Yale University have found that leptin --- a hormone found in fat tissue and ...

Accelerated concomitant boost conformal radiotherapy versus conventional sequential boost in patients with locally advanced inoperable non-small cell lung cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from ...