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 Downloads Full Text Article 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 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 76 No. 05 (2026): MAY Section RECENT ADVANCES IN ENDOCRINOLOGY License Copyright (c) 2026 Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.