# How does your body know you're full?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Hilary Coller
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/hilary_coller_how_does_your_body_know_you_re_full)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Hunger claws at your belly. It tugs at your intestines, which begin to writhe, aching to be fed. Being hungry generates a powerful and often unpleasant physical sensation that’s almost impossible to ignore. After you’ve reacted by gorging on your morning pancakes, you start to experience an opposing force: fullness. But how does your body actually know when you’re full? Hilary Coller explains. \[Directed by Sashko Danylenko, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Sashko Danylenko\].

## Lectures

1. [How does your body know you're full?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/hilary_coller_how_does_your_body_know_you_re_full/9442f7e7a2bb), 5 min (TED's player)