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Which hormone is secreted into the bloodstream by fatty tissue to signal the hypothalamus that the body has had enough food, reducing appetite and increasing the feeling of being full? lippotor adrenaline leptin peptic acid?

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Leptin, a hormone predominantly made by adipose cells that helps to regulate energy balance by inhibiting hunger, is the hormone secreted into the bloodstream by fatty tissue to signal the hypothalamus that the body has enough food.
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