Hormonal
Chronic exercise training improves the sensitivity of the appetite control system, specifically by enhancing the satiety response to high-energy meals, independent of changes in body fat.
Over time, regular exercise training helps your body regulate hunger better. You may feel hungrier when fasting, but your body becomes more sensitive to the signals that tell you you're full, especially after larger meals. This adaptive response can support long-term weight management.
it has been suggested that chronic exercise alters the sensitivity of the appetite control system by balancing the increased drive to eat with an improved satiety response to a meal... appetite and ad libitum energy intake are reduced after consuming a high- but not low-energy density meal in individuals undergoing a structured exercise training program
Why this rating
The evidence is described as 'largely conflicting' for general appetite, but specific findings on high-energy meal sensitivity are supportive.
Source
Acute and Chronic Effects of Exercise on Appetite, Energy Intake, and Appetite-Related Hormones: The Modulating Effect of Adiposity, Sex, and Habitual Physical Activity
James L. Dorling et al. · Nutrients · 2018
DOI 10.3390/nu10091140
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- Acute exercise induces a transient suppression of appetite (exercise-induced anorexia) and does not stimulate compensatory increases in energy intake on the day of exercise, regardless of whether the individual is lean or has overweight/obesity.Good
- Adiposity (body fat percentage) does not significantly modify the acute or chronic appetite and energy intake responses to exercise, meaning exercise is equally effective for appetite regulation in lean and overweight/obese individuals.Good
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