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Appetite and eating behavior are controlled by the brain, but activity in the brain
responds to several hormones that are produced in the digestive organs
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The four hormones shown on the diagram (notice the source of each) are all only
partially understood
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Notice that all of these hormones act through the hypothalamus
PYY = Peptide YY from ileum of small intestine
Ghrelin from stomach
Insulin from pancreas
Leptin from fat cells
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