Researchers uncover hormone link between gut and brain in anorexia nervosa

People with anorexia nervosa person unusually precocious levels of a hormone called LEAP2 successful their humor erstwhile they are successful the acute signifier of the disorder, according to probe presented astatine the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Forum 2026. Patients with the highest levels of LEAP2 are much apt to relapse pursuing attraction for anorexia nervosa.