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The Effect of Moderate Weight Loss on Overnight Melatonin Secretion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

I. M. Anderson ,
S. E. Gartside  and
P. J. Cowen
I. M. Anderson*
Affiliation:
Oxford University Department of Psychiatry and MRC Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Littlemore Hospital, Oxford OX4 4XN
S. E. Gartside
Affiliation:
Oxford University Department of Psychiatry and MRC Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Littlemore Hospital, Oxford OX4 4XN
P. J. Cowen
Affiliation:
Oxford University Department of Psychiatry and MRC Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Littlemore Hospital, Oxford OX4 4XN
*
∗ Research Unit, Littlemore Hospital, Oxford OX4 4XN
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Abstract

Overnight plasma melatonin level was measured in ten healthy women before and after a 4300 kJ (1000 kcaI) diet in which they lost an average 3.1 kg. This weight loss did not significantly alter melatonin levels.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 156 , Issue 6 , June 1990 , pp. 875 - 877
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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