The point at which various factors that influence the level of some regulated function (such as body weight) achieve an equilibrium; the idea is that as body-fat levels increase, changes occur that tend to limit further increases until a balance is achieved between all factors that encourage weight gain and all those that discourage it
What will be an ideal response?
Settling Point
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