According to set-point theory, each person has a natural or optimal weight that the body defends from becoming higher orlower by increasing or decreasing feeling of hunger and basal metabolic rate.
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Q220: Satiation refers to the feeling of fullness
Q221: When positive energy balance occurs, blood levels
Q222: When ob/ob mice are given supplemental leptin,
Q223: In the brain, the receptor sites for
Q224: Blood levels of leptin are directly proportional
Q226: Even though ob/ob mice have five times
Q227: Leptin is a hormone that is secreted
Q228: According to settling-point models of weight regulation,
Q229: Although overweight, ob/ob mice continue eating because
Q230: The hypothalamus is the key brain structure
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