##  [Satiety Cascade](/satiety-cascade) 

  ##  [Satiety Cascade](https://health.quantumdictionary.io/satiety-cascade-0) 

  

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Definition

An integrated, time‑ordered sequence of physiological, sensory and cognitive processes that begins with food ingestion and terminates in intermeal satiety; it explicitly includes meal‑termination mechanisms (satiation), postprandial signals (e.g., gastric distension, nutrient‑driven gut hormones and metabolic feedback), and higher‑order factors (palatability, learned cues, attention) that together