CONGENITAL LEPTIN DEFICIENCY - SIGNS AND HOW TO TREAT - RARE DESEASES

Know the genetic disease that makes you hungry all the time



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46 Almeida Prado
46 Almeida Prado
Obesity that begins even in childhood can be caused by a rare genetic disease called leptin deficiency, a hormone that regulates the feeling of hunger and satiety. With the lack of this hormone, even if the person eats a lot, this information does not reach the brain, and it always remains hungry and so is always eating something, which ultimately favors overweight and obesity