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Sun exposure stimulates appetite in males

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Ultraviolet radiation exerts differential effects in men and women. Parikh et al. reveal that solar exposure on the skin triggers food-seeking behaviour in males, but not females, through a mechanism dependent on ghrelin secretion from skin adipocytes.

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Fig. 1: Effect of solar exposure on food-seeking behaviour.

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  1. Department of Physiology, CIMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Carlos Dieguez & Ruben Nogueiras

  2. CIBER Fisiopatologia de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Madrid, Spain

    Carlos Dieguez & Ruben Nogueiras

  3. Galician Agency of Innovation (GAIN), Xunta de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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Dieguez, C., Nogueiras, R. Sun exposure stimulates appetite in males. Nat Metab 4, 796–797 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-022-00592-y

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