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SUBMITTER: Mittelman SD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2940837 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mittelman Steven D SD Klier Katie K Braun Sharon S Azen Colleen C Geffner Mitchell E ME Buchanan Thomas A TA
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 20100121 5
Ghrelin and peptide YY (PYY) stimulate hunger and satiety, respectively. The physiology of these hormones during normal meal intake remains unclear. This study was designed to compare the responses of these two hormones to meal intake between lean and obese Hispanic adolescents. A total of 10 obese and 7 lean Hispanic youth, aged 11-14 years, consumed two mixed meals, one small and one large, during which plasma measurements of active and total ghrelin and total PYY were obtained. Obese subjects ...[more]