Nutrition for Health, Fitness & Sport 10th Edition by Melvin Williams ,Dawn Anderson,Eric Rawson

Exercise 8

The set-point theory of weight control is based upon a feedback system, suggesting that the individual is programmed to be a certain body weight and that the body will always attempt to maintain that weight by regulating hunger and metabolism. What part of the body is believed to be the regulatory center for the control of the various feedback mechanisms?
A) liver receptors
B) stomach receptors
C) blood receptors in the kidney
D) receptors in the hypothalamus in the brain
E) receptors in the small intestine where absorption takes place