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• n  the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more

• The hunger hormone ghrelin, which is produced by the stomach, sends a "feed me" message to the brain; leptin, the satiety hormone, signals the brain to stop eating.
• Even the new "it" diet, volumetricswhich uses fancy terms such as energy density and satiety to describe why filling up on certain low-calorie, water-based foods like celery .
• If this research is done, it will prove that gastric fundus contain satiety-specific neurons with their axons passing through vagus nerve to the satiety center of hypothalamus.

• repletion
• satiation

News & Articles

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• When is Greek Yogurt Really NOT Greek Yogurt?
  What’s not to love about nonfat Greek yogurt? It is deliciously creamy and a six-ounce container has a whopping 18 grams of protein, over 50 percent more than regular yogurt. Since protein helps increase satiety, or that feeling of fullness,...        
  June 11, 2013 - Boston Globe

Quotes

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• Michael Pollan in Irish Times
  This is a completely different way of thinking about satiety,Pollan writes. "So ask yourself not, 'Am I full?' but 'Is my hunger gone?'. That moment will arrive several bites sooner."
• Dr Rajkumar in Hindu
  No, not at all,assured Dr. Rajkumar, "the feeling of satiation comes when the stomach is filled to capacity. After the surgery, very little food is required to get this feeling of satiety."