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- Title
Central adiposity and cortisol responses to waking in middle-aged men and women.
- Authors
Steptoe, A; Kunz-Ebrecht, S R; Brydon, L; Wardle, J
- Abstract
Central obesity is associated with disturbances of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis function. We investigated whether central adiposity indexed by waist/hip ratio is related to cortisol responses to waking and other measures of salivary cortisol over the working day.
- Publication
International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 2004, Vol 28, Issue 9, p1168
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.ijo.0802715