Plasma ghrelin levels and hunger scores in humans initiating meals voluntarily without time- and food-related cues

• Published in: American journal of physiology: endocrinology and metabolism Vol. 50; no. 2; pp. E297 - E304
• Main Authors: CUMMINGS, D. E, FRAYO, R. Scott, MARMONIER, Corinne, AUBERT, Roberte, CHAPELOT, Didier
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bethesda, MD American Physiological Society 01.08.2004
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Food; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hormones; Hunger; Meals; Plasma; Time; Vertebrates: endocrinology; Human; Hunger; insulin; Ghrelin; Meal; appetite; Food; Blood plasma

Ghrelin is an orexigenic hormone that is implicated in meal initiation, in part because circulating levels rise before meals. Because previous human studies have examined subjects fed on known schedules, the observed preprandial ghrelin increases could have been a secondary consequence of meal antic...