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obesity

  • rickets, a nutritional disease
    In nutritional disease: Obesity and weight control

    …to the discovery of the ob gene in mice and humans. Under the direction of this gene, adipose (fat) tissue cells secrete leptin, a protein hormone. When fat stores increase, leptin sends a signal to the hypothalamus (a regulatory centre in the brain) that stimulates one to eat less and…

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