: a peptide hormone that is produced by fat cells and plays a role in body weight regulation by acting on the hypothalamus to suppress appetite and burn fat stored in adipose tissue
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But that doesn’t work for people who have developed resistance to leptin, a hormone that suppresses appetite.
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Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024
Want to increase your leptin levels, suppress your appetite, and supercharge your metabolism around the clock?
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
In the longer term, the hypothalamus takes cues from an appetite-suppressant called leptin.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
And mice with lots of leptin in their bloodstreams lost weight when given Celastrol, but the compound had no effect on mice with no leptin, or in mice without any leptin receptors.
—K. N. Smith, Discover Magazine, 21 May 2015
This condition, known as leptin resistance, often plays a role in overeating and obesity.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
He was spurred to leave medicine and learn about drug development by the discovery in the mid-1990s of leptin, a hormone that suppresses appetite and appeared to be a promising obesity treatment.
—Megan Molteni and Elaine Chen, STAT, 30 Sep. 2023
Frequent drinking of soda has been linked to Type 2 Diabetes, nutritional deficiencies, increased risk of heart disease, resistance of the hormone leptin (which regulates the number of calories one burns), and, above all, obesity.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023
Its deficiency has been linked to poor metabolic health, which is what causes our bodies to burn calories; altered insulin sensitivity, which determines our blood sugar; and altered levels of the hormone that determines our hunger levels, leptin, Kenney says.
—Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 30 Aug. 2023
Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024
Want to increase your leptin levels, suppress your appetite, and supercharge your metabolism around the clock?
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
In the longer term, the hypothalamus takes cues from an appetite-suppressant called leptin.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
And mice with lots of leptin in their bloodstreams lost weight when given Celastrol, but the compound had no effect on mice with no leptin, or in mice without any leptin receptors.
—K. N. Smith, Discover Magazine, 21 May 2015
This condition, known as leptin resistance, often plays a role in overeating and obesity.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
He was spurred to leave medicine and learn about drug development by the discovery in the mid-1990s of leptin, a hormone that suppresses appetite and appeared to be a promising obesity treatment.
—Megan Molteni and Elaine Chen, STAT, 30 Sep. 2023
Frequent drinking of soda has been linked to Type 2 Diabetes, nutritional deficiencies, increased risk of heart disease, resistance of the hormone leptin (which regulates the number of calories one burns), and, above all, obesity.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023
Its deficiency has been linked to poor metabolic health, which is what causes our bodies to burn calories; altered insulin sensitivity, which determines our blood sugar; and altered levels of the hormone that determines our hunger levels, leptin, Kenney says.
—Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 30 Aug. 2023
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leptin
noun
lep·tin
ˈlep-tən 
: a peptide hormone that is produced by fat cells and plays a role in body weight regulation by acting on the hypothalamus to suppress appetite and burn fat stored in adipose tissue
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