If the body has a set point for weight, how does it “know” how much you weigh to regulate it?

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Set point theory says that the body has a weight range it wants to maintain and will try to regulate changes in weight. If this is true, how would the body be able to tell how much it weighs? Based on how much calories you’re consuming? The volume of food? Can it sense how much is in fat stores?

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Emerging evidence points to the possibility that [cells in the weight-bearing bones of your lower extremities](http://www.drsharma.ca/how-the-body-weighs-itself-evidence-for-a-bone-gravitostat) play an important role in detecting your weight and sending signals to the brain centers that regulate energy balance and body weight.

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