The Effect of Moderate Weight Loss on Overnight Melatonin Secretion
- 1 June 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 156 (6) , 875-877
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.156.6.875
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.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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