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• Appetite [r]: The desire to eat food, experienced as hunger, and in mammals controlled by neural circuits in the hypothalamus. ^[e]

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• Obesity [r]: Excessive stores of body fat. ^[e]
• Leptin [r]: Hormone secreted by adipocytes that regulates appetite. ^[e]
• Ghrelin [r]: A hormone produced by P/D1 cells lining the fundus of the human stomach that stimulate appetite. ^[e]
• Adipocyte [r]: Cell that stores fat and makes it available for use as energy. ^[e]
• Dopamine [r]: A monoamine neurotransmitter formed in the brain by the decarboxylation of dopa and essential to the normal functioning of the central nervous system. ^[e]
• Ventral tegmental area [r]: Midbrain region that contains the dopaminergic cell bodies of the mesocorticolimbic dopamine system, and which is a key part of the reward circuitry of the brain. ^[e]
• Nucleus accumbens [r]: Region of the forebrain thought to play an important role in reward. ^[e]
• Endocannabinoid [r]: Substances produced by some nerve cells (and by some cells in the periphery) with cellular effects like those produced by cannabis. ^[e]
• Endogenous opioid peptides [r]: Add brief definition or description

• Circadian rhythms and appetite [r]: Daily variations in the regulation of food intake. ^[e]
• Energy balance in pregnancy and lactation [r]: Adaptations in the control of food intake and energy expenditure in different reproductive states. ^[e]
• Evolution of appetite regulating systems [r]: Comparisons of the mechanisms regulating food intake and energy expenditure between species. ^[e]
• Genetics of obesity [r]: The evidence for a genetic component to obesity in humans. ^[e]
• Glucostatic theory of appetite control [r]: The theory that changes in blood glucose concentrations or arteriovenous glucose differences are detected by glucoreceptors that affect energy intake. ^[e]
• Melanocortins and appetite [r]: The regulation of food intake through neuropeptides related to adrenocorticotropic hormone. ^[e]
• Stress and appetite [r]: The interactions between the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis and the regulation of food intake. ^[e]

• Bariatric surgery [r]: The surgical removal of body fat. ^[e]
• Diabesity [r]: A term referring to the intricate relationship between type 2 diabetes and obesity. ^[e]
• Drug treatments for obesity [r]: Treatments of obesity that are based on drugs. ^[e]
• Exercise and body weight [r]: Correlation between physical activity and the body mass index. ^[e]
• Gut-brain signalling [r]: The interaction between the gastrointestinal tract and the brain. ^[e]
• Health consequences of obesity [r]: Long-term effects of obesity on health. ^[e]

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• Mentally healthy mind [r]: Add brief definition or description