Older women who aren't eating enough feel less hungry than younger women, even though their bodies are making more of the hunger hormone, which might explain why they eat less as they age.

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Appetite, food intake, and plasma concentrations of cholecystokinin, ghrelin, and other gastrointestinal hormones in undernourished older women and well-nourished young and older women.

Cross-Sectional Study

Human

2003 Aug

Even though older women who aren’t eating enough had more of the ‘hunger hormone,’ they still felt less hungry than young women — meaning their lack of appetite isn’t because their body isn’t signaling hunger, but because they just don’t feel it as much.

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Appetite, food intake, and plasma concentrations of cholecystokinin, ghrelin, and other gastrointestinal hormones in undernourished older women and well-nourished young and older women.

Score: 42

DOI: 10.1210/JC.2002-021656

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