The study, presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, builds on previous findings that vigorous exercise increases sensitivity to leptin, a hormone secreted by fat cells that limits food intake.
In the new study, researchers at Johns Hopkins University found that rats with a lot of running experience had higher levels of amylin in their blood after eating and showed a faster rate of reduction of the hormone ghrelin, an appetite stimulator.
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