Our bodies have complex regulatory mechanisms for food intake and energy expenditure, and the complexity continues to confound scientists seeking to understand these relationships. However, a little over 15 years ago, the discovery of a hormone called leptin, and a growing appreciation for its central role in managing both how much you eat and how much you move, has somewhat clarified the very muddy waters. Why We Get Fat Yes, we stole that from Gary Taubes. Taubes, among scores of science … [Read more...]