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Figure 3.Leptin is present in the circulation in proportion to the amount of adipose and thus acts as a measure of energy stores. A fall in leptin in the absence of changes in the amount of adipose tissue also signals to the central nervous system that the body has entered a fasting state. The reduction in insulin and glucose with fasting has been implicated in the fall in leptin.