Background Body composition differs between men and women, with women having
proportionally more fat mass and men more muscle mass. Although men and women are …

Reproduction is a complex and essential physiological process required by all species to
produce a new generation. This process involves strict hormonal regulation, depending on a …

The beneficial metabolic effects of adiponectin which confer insulin-sensitizing and anti-
diabetic effects are well established. Skeletal muscle is an important target tissue for …

Context Obesity is a state of relative growth hormone (GH) deficiency, and GH has been
identified as a candidate disease-modifying target in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease …

Purpose To investigate the associations between ectopic and serum lipid levels and bone
marrow fat, as a marker of stem cell differentiation, in young obese men and women, with the …

Purpose Women with anorexia nervosa (AN) have increased marrow fat despite severe
depletion of body fat. Recent studies have suggested that marrow fat composition may serve …

It is known that adipose tissue mass increases with age, and that a number of hormones,
collectively called adipokines, are produced by adipose tissue. For most of them it is not …

Objective: To test a newly developed dual energy X‐ray absorptiometry (DXA) method for
abdominal fat depot quantification in subjects with anorexia nervosa (AN), normal weight …

Background/objective Less muscle mass has been associated with greater insulin
resistance, but whether the association is independent of deleterious adipose depots in …

The rising tide of obesity and its related disorders is one of the most pressing health
concerns worldwide, yet existing medicines to combat the problem are disappointingly …