People that struggle with obesity and weight, hormones often affect their overall health. Excess body fat can cause problems with weight and hormonal issues. Leptin is one of the hormones directly connected to body fat and obesity.
Leptin is a hormone released from the fat cells located in adipose tissues, sends signals to the hypothalamus in the brain. The hormone helps regulate and alter long-term food intake and energy expenditure, not just from one meal to the next. The primary purpose of leptin is to help the body maintain its weight.
Leptin is sometimes called the satiety hormone. It helps prevents hunger and regulate energy balance, It does not allow the body trigger hunger responses when it does not need energy.
Woodrow Wilson wanted to instill peace without war. He wanted to create a system where muliple nations could work together to create comromise and avoid violence.
While I'm no expert in social studies I can conclude that they were using a figure of speech. I believe they meant his way of thinking was out of the ordinary, taboo, or strange.
Ruth’s death would be an example of what Shneidman refers to
as sub intentional death. This occurs when there is an indirect or
unintentional action or behavior that the person committed that would likely cause
an indirectly cause of death to occur which is seen in the scenario above.