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[Thyroid hormones and obesity]
1Inserm EMI-U 00.18, Laboratoire de biochimie et de biologie moléculaire, France.
Annales D'Endocrinologie
|May 8, 2002
Abstract:
Although the stimulating effect of thyroid hormones on energy metabolism has been recognized for more than a century, the relation between thyroid function and weight control and obesity remains unclear. We review here the effects of thyroid hormones, hyperthyroidism, and hypothyroidism on body composition and the parameters of energy metabolism.