"Fat" hormone sheds new light on obesity: study

Bull.

"The hormone that tells us we are full also regulates our desire for certain foods, researchers said on Thursday, in a finding that sheds light on why people gain weight and could lead to new treatments for obesity."

Sheds no light at all. People gain weight because they consume more Calories than they burn.There is no other reason.

"The study showed that patients with a rare genetic disorder who lacked the hormone called leptin ate less after receiving injections of the hormone, said I.S. Farooqi, a researcher at Cambridge University who led the study."

Farooqi is all faraqed-up.

"Previous research has shown the hormone does not help people with normal leptin levels lose weight, but scientists still do not completely understand how it works, Farooqi said."

He got that right. It does not help and he sure does not understand.

"To see how the hormone worked, the researchers showed the patients pictures of different types of food, ranging from tasty fare like chocolate cake and pizza to blander choices such as cauliflower and broccoli.

The patients with the genetic disorder -- of which there are about a dozen known cases in the world -- liked all types of food, ate excessively and were obese, the researchers said.

Using magnetic resonance imaging technology, the researchers tracked the patients' brain activity as they responded to the pictures and pinpointed several key areas that play an important role when it comes to a desire for food.

After the patients received leptin injections, the areas that had previously shown activity all the time at the sight of food were only active if the people had not eaten the night before, which was a normal response, Farooqi said.

It showed desire for food is driven by biology -- not greed -- which causes overeating and obesity, Farooqi said."

Farooqi is a moron. The study showed nothing of the sort.

This imbecilic thinking is similar to saying that if you show pictures of naked women to rapists and their brains light-up, then inject them with rapetin and the hot spots cool down, you have showed desire for forced sex is driven by biology -- not unacceptable behavior -- which causes rape.

Or murder. Or robbery. Or arson. Or...pick your behavior. Welcome to the nutritional bootstrap to get out of jail free cards.

The whole study is crap-tin.