: a peptide hormone that is produced by fat cells and plays a role in body weight regulation by acting on the hypothalamus to suppress appetite and burn fat stored in adipose tissue
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For certain rare conditions, leptin replacement therapy may be prescribed to increase leptin levels.
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Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 11 Sep. 2024
This includes congenital leptin deficiency, a condition that causes mutations in the leptin gene.
—Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 11 Sep. 2024
While leptin supplements do not actually contain the hormone leptin, prescription leptin replacement therapies do.
—Allison Herries, Verywell Health, 6 Aug. 2024
When your leptin levels are chronically high, your body resists it.
—Rachael Zimlich, Bsn, Rn, Verywell Health, 10 July 2024
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Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 11 Sep. 2024
This includes congenital leptin deficiency, a condition that causes mutations in the leptin gene.
—Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 11 Sep. 2024
While leptin supplements do not actually contain the hormone leptin, prescription leptin replacement therapies do.
—Allison Herries, Verywell Health, 6 Aug. 2024
When your leptin levels are chronically high, your body resists it.
—Rachael Zimlich, Bsn, Rn, Verywell Health, 10 July 2024
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leptin
noun
lep·tin
ˈlep-tən 
: a peptide hormone that is produced by fat cells and plays a role in body weight regulation by acting on the hypothalamus to suppress appetite and burn fat stored in adipose tissue
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