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Human plasma ghrelin levels increase during a one-year exercise program.

Karen E Foster-Schubert1, Anne McTiernan, R Scott Frayo

  • 1Department of Medicine, Division of Metabolism, University of Washington, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington 98108, USA.

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
|December 9, 2004
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Weight loss from exercise, without reducing food intake, increases ghrelin levels. This suggests the hormone ghrelin plays a role in regulating body weight long-term.

Area of Science:

  • Endocrinology
  • Metabolism
  • Exercise Physiology

Background:

  • Weight loss typically increases ghrelin, a hormone that stimulates appetite.
  • This increase is often attributed to reduced food intake, not weight loss itself.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if exercise-induced weight loss, without caloric restriction, elevates ghrelin levels.
  • To understand ghrelin's role in adaptive weight loss responses.

Main Methods:

  • Randomized controlled trial involving 173 sedentary, overweight, postmenopausal women.
  • Intervention: aerobic exercise vs. stretching control for 12 months.
  • Measurements: body weight, composition, food intake, fitness, leptin, insulin, and ghrelin.

Main Results:

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  • Exercisers lost weight (1.4 kg) and showed progressive ghrelin increases (18% in those losing >3 kg).
  • No changes in weight or ghrelin were observed in the control group.
  • Caloric intake remained stable in both groups; ghrelin changes were linked to weight loss, not exercise alone.

Conclusions:

  • Ghrelin levels rise with weight loss achieved through exercise without dietary changes.
  • This supports ghrelin's role in the body's adaptive mechanisms to resist weight loss.
  • Findings highlight ghrelin's significance in long-term body weight regulation.