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Metabolic Setpoint Adjustment

Meaning

Metabolic Setpoint Adjustment refers to the clinical intervention aimed at resetting the body’s homeostatic regulation of body weight, energy expenditure, and substrate partitioning, often governed by leptin and insulin signaling within the hypothalamus. This process acknowledges that chronic environmental inputs can establish a maladaptive setpoint resistant to simple caloric restriction. Adjustment involves modulating the central neuroendocrine signals that control appetite, satiety, and basal metabolic rate toward a healthier energy balance coordinate. It is recalibrating the body’s internal thermostat for energy storage.