A patient maintains stable weight despite erratic eating habits. Which mechanism explains how appetite regulation compensates in this scenario?

💡 Explanation

Ghrelin, signaling hunger, and leptin, signaling satiety, oscillate out of phase. Erratic eating leads to compensatory ghrelin and leptin fluctuations. Therefore, balanced appetite regulation persists because these hormones counterbalance each other, rather than glucagon, insulin, or cortisol fully overriding appetite.

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