Konieczna, J
Palou, M
Sánchez, J
Picó, C
Palou, A
Article History
Received: 11 September 2014
Revised: 3 December 2014
Accepted: 5 December 2014
First Online: 18 March 2015
Competing interests
: AP, CP and JS are authors of a patent held by the University of the Balearic Islands entitled 'Use of leptin for the prevention of excess body weight and composition containing leptin' (WO 2006089987 A1) (Priority data: 23 February 2005). AP, CP, JK, JS and MP are authors of a patent application of the University of the Balearic Islands entitled 'Method for the prediction and or prevention of overweight, obesity and/or its complications by gene expression analyses'. (P201430428, Spain) (Priority data: 26 March 2014).