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  2. 10 Hormones That Affect Weight & How to Reset Them - AOL

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    Ghrelin is a hunger hormone made by the stomach that stimulates appetite. It acts on the hypothalamus (the part of your brain that makes hormones relating to mood, hunger and body temperature) to ...

  3. Ghrelin - Wikipedia

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    Ghrelin and synthetic ghrelin mimetics (growth hormone secretagogues) increase body weight and fat mass [34] [35] [36] by triggering receptors in the arcuate nucleus [9] that include neuropeptide Y (NPY) and agouti-related protein (AgRP) neurons. [37] [10] Ghrelin-responsiveness of these neurons is both leptin- and insulin-sensitive. [38]

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    Some drugs target the hormones involved in hunger, appetite control and metabolism — like leptin, ghrelin, insulin and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1). This can help you reduce your overall food ...

  5. 12 reasons you aren't losing weight even though you're eating ...

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    The upside: your body measurements and body fat percentage will shift. "Your clothes will fit better, you'll notice a change in the mirror, and with a lower body fat percentage, you'll undoubtedly ...

  6. Hunger (physiology) - Wikipedia

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    Leptin, a hormone secreted exclusively by adipose cells in response to an increase in body fat mass, is an important component in the regulation of long term hunger and food intake. Leptin serves as the brain's indicator of the body's total energy stores. When leptin levels rise in the bloodstream they bind to receptors in ARC. The functions of ...

  7. Central melanocortin system - Wikipedia

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    The melanocortin system is a critical regulator of energy balance, in both feeding behaviors and energy expenditure, [1] as well as peripheral tissues such as skin and hair. [2] This system is a principal nexus of body weight regulation through its role in appetite and energy expenditure via leptin, ghrelin and agouti-related protein.