ABSTRACT
This chapter summarizes the literature on satiety responsiveness (SR) and its relation to childhood obesity. SR is a form of self-regulation specific to the domain of food intake [1]. Emerging evidence indicates that this is a behavioral mechanism through which young children overconsume calories and gain excess body weight. As described in the fourth section, studies from around the world find that poorer SR is correlated with a risk factor for childhood obesity. Despite this evidence, there has been limited clinical research focused on SR as an intervention target.
