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Article History

Received: 25 September 2014

Accepted: 19 February 2015

First Online: 13 March 2015

Competing interests

: A.P., C.P. and J.S. 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). A.P., C.P., J.K., J.S. and M.P. 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).