Sunday, July 01, 2007

How we can stop stress from making us obese

How we can stop stress from making us obese: "
“We have known for over a decade that there is a connection between chronic stress and obesity,” saidProfessor Herzog. “We also know that NPY plays a major role in other chronic stress-induced conditions,such as susceptibility to infection. Now we have identified the exact pathway, or chain of molecular events, that links chronic stress with obesity.”

“There is not much we can do about the increased levels of NPY caused by stress, but we can do somethingabout the da mage it causes. If we can interfere before it causes fat to amass, it could have a major impacton cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer (which all have links with obesity).”"

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