Baro-Cybernetics

Authors

  • Sanjay Kalra Department of Endocrinology, Bharti Hospital, Karnal, India; University Center for Research & Development, Chandigarh University, India;
  • Madhur Verma Department of Community/Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bathinda, India;
  • Lakshmi Nagendra Department of Endocrinology, JSS Medical college and hospital, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, India;
  • Nitin Kapoor Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India;Non communicable disease unit, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.26-35

Abstract

Cybernetics is a transdisciplinary science which studies circular causal processes such as feedback and recursion. Its concepts are concordant with those of modern endocrinology. In this opinion piece, we focus on barocybernetics, viewing cybernetics through an obesity perspective. Baro-cybernetics may be defined as the transdisciplinary study of feedback mechanisms which help in weight homoeostasis, during health and disease. Baro- cybernetics includes not only basic sciences such as biochemistry and physiology, but the application of these concepts to psychology and pharmacology of obesity.

Keywords: Barocrine circuitry, biocybernetics, endocrine cybernetics, endocrine circuitry, feedback

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Published

2026-05-01

How to Cite

Sanjay Kalra, Madhur Verma, Lakshmi Nagendra, & Nitin Kapoor. (2026). Baro-Cybernetics. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 76(05), 781–783. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.26-35

Issue

Vol. 76 No. 05 (2026): MAY

Section

RECENT ADVANCES IN ENDOCRINOLOGY

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