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.
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