Hormonal changes: Are they useful in the classification of obesities?

A review emphasizes the complexity associated with the multiple measurable aspects of hormonal levels and their functions, and identifies and discusses some of the problems connected with simplistic assessments of hormonal factors and their changes in obesity in order to classify types of obesity. A...

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Published inInternational journal of obesity Vol. 8; no. 5; pp. 579 - 590
Main Author Hansen, B.C
Format Publication
LanguageEnglish
Published 1984
Subjects
analytical methods
disease diagnosis
hormones
insulin
literature reviews
obesity
prediction
steroid hormones
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Summary:A review emphasizes the complexity associated with the multiple measurable aspects of hormonal levels and their functions, and identifies and discusses some of the problems connected with simplistic assessments of hormonal factors and their changes in obesity in order to classify types of obesity. A potential framework for evaluating the contributions of individually selected hormones to different classes of obesity is proposed and discussed, covering 7 types of hormones that differ between normal and obese subjects and/or across different obesity types. (wz)