Obesity research gets weightier

Findings are filling out the story behind the fat

2012 SCIENCE NEWS TOP 25: 18

As obesity expands the world’s collective waistline, researchers keep finding new reasons why we are getting fatter, and more consequences of the added pounds.

In 2012, scientists found that hormones such as oxytocin and testosterone seem to help protect against gaining weight, or at least against a runaway appetite (SN Online: 6/26/12; SN: 7/28/12, p.