What are some ways to recognize and measure leptin resistance?

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Leptin resistance is used to describe what seems to be paradox in that people with a lot of fat cells (which produce leptin, thus people with a bunch of leptin in their blood) would be expected to show previously observed effects of leptin, including a decrease in appetite, and they do not. read more

Leptin is mostly controlled by your body fat. The less body fat you have, the less leptin you will have. But if you are obese, leptin won't work either. Losing weight will help with leptin sensitivity in the case of obesity. read more