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Physiology

the idea that the brain monitors body fat stores and adjusts food intake to keep them stable.

In physiology, lipostatic hypothesis refers to the idea that the brain monitors body fat stores and adjusts food intake to keep them stable. This meaning comes from Kennedy (1953) in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B - Biological Sciences.[1]

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Kennedy, G. C. (1953). The role of depot fat in the hypothalamic control of food intake in the rat. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B - Biological Sciences, 140(901), 578-592. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1953.0009

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