Timing of stress-hormone pulses controls weight gain

Timing of stress-hormone pulses controls weight gain New research provides the first molecular understanding of why people gain weight due to chronic stress, disrupted circadian rhythms and treatment with glucocorticoid drugs: it's all in the timing of the dips and rises of a class of hormones called glucocorticoids -- predominantly the 'stress hormone' cortisol, according to a new study. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J