Sensor-specific satiety - what it is and how it works
Wojciech Wiśniewski
2026-03-23
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People require food for survival. A significant role is played here by the hunger and fullness center located in the hypothalamus. It seems like everything is a simple puzzle - we feel hunger, so we reach for food and eat until we feel filled up. But that's not always the case. How does it happen that even after the most abundant meal, there's still room for dessert?
The sensory-specific satiation
Hunger is a physiological need of the body, it is caused by a lack of available energy and nutrients. Appetite is the desire to eat food that does not result from feeling hungry. Satisfaction is a state of satiety and accompanied by a feeling of fullness in the stomach, it lasts until hunger reappears. But why is it often the opposite and the appetite grows during eating? It is a specific sensory feeling of satiety that accompanies a feeling of fullness in the stomach, it lasts until hunger reappears. The consumption of food should be highest in the physiological state of hunger and gradually decrease while eating. But why is it often the opposite and the appetite grows during eating? It is a specific sensory feeling of satiety that accompanies a feeling of fullness in the stomach, it lasts until hunger reappears. The consumption of food should be highest in the physiological state of hunger and gradually decrease while eating. But why is it often the opposite and the appetite grows during eating? It is a specific sensory feeling of satiety that accompanies a feeling of fullness in the stomach, it lasts until hunger reappears. The consumption of food should be highest in the physiological state of hunger and gradually decrease while eating. It is a specific sensory feeling of satiety that accompanies a feeling of fullness in the stomach, it lasts until hunger reappears. The consumption of food should be highest in the physiological state of hunger and gradually decrease while eating. It is a specific sensory feeling of satiety that accompanies a feeling of fullness in the stomach, it lasts until hunger reappears. The consumption of food should be highest in the physiological state of hunger and gradually decrease while eating.
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