肥胖之密新探肥胖是热量摄入和能量消耗失衡所致，与实验动物和人类所发生的胰岛素抵抗和糖尿病密切相关。对肥胖症机理的研究在过去的几年里取得了突破性的进展，其中最主要的是两年前发现了脂肪消耗激素（Ｌｅｐｔｉｎ）。此外，还鉴定出了另外几个参与控制体重的分子。... A new look of obesity Obesity is the result of an imbalance between caloric intake and energy expenditure that is closely linked to insulin resistance and diabetes in laboratory animals and humans. Research on the mechanism of obesity has made breakthrough advances in the past few years, the most important being the discovery of Leptin two years ago. In addition, several other molecules involved in body weight control were identified. ...