Session Information
2011 Obesity Society Annual Scientific Meeting
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The Role of Sex Hormones in Obesity
Track
:
Track 3 — Integrative and Clinical Studies
Program Code:
204
Date:
Monday, October 3, 2011
Time:
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
EST
SPEAKER
(S):
TBD TBD, Boston University
Andrea Hevener, University of California, Los Angeles
Andrea Coviello, Boston University
Description
Learning Objectives:
- Explain how the hormones leptin, insulin, sex hormones and growth hormone influence appetite, metabolism and body fat distribution.
- Discuss the findings that obese people have levels of these hormones that encourage abnormal metabolism and the accumulation of body fat.
No items are available for this session.
