Appetite-suppressing hormones have been made famous recently with the release of blockbuster weight-loss drugs

Appetite-suppressing hormones have been made famous recently with the release of blockbuster weight-loss drugs

 SCOTT OLSON

Research into hormones that regulate appetite is seen leading the race for the Nobel Prize in Medicine, to be awarded Monday -- the first in this year's Nobel season.

At a time when more than one billion people suffer from obesity, research into the hormone called "glucagon-like peptide 1" (GLP-1) could be given the nod for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine this year, experts said.

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