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Trait

Feeling full quickly when eating

Clinical name: Early satiety

The condition of being unable to eat a full meal because of a feeling of fullness (satiety), or or feeling very full after eating only a small amount of food.

HPO HP:0033842

Summary

Also called
Not able to finish a normal-sized meal
Body system
Abnormality of the digestive system

8 genes linked to Feeling full quickly when eating

Changes in these genes cause rare conditions in which Feeling full quickly when eating is seen. Most people with this trait have none of those conditions, and a gene on this list says nothing about anyone's own genome.

GeneHow often it is seenConditions
POLGDNA polymerase gamma, catalytic subunitVery often (80–99%)In 1 condition
TYMPthymidine phosphorylaseVery often (80–99%)In 1 condition
ALG8ALG8 alpha-1,3-glucosyltransferaseOften (30–79%)In 1 condition
LRP5LDL receptor related protein 5Often (30–79%)In 1 condition
PRKCSHPRKCSH beta subunit of glucosidase IIOften (30–79%)In 1 condition
SEC63SEC63 protein translocation regulatorOften (30–79%)In 1 condition
JAK2Janus kinase 2Sometimes (5–29%)In 1 condition
STAT3signal transducer and activator of transcription 3Sometimes (5–29%)In 1 condition

How often is among people with one of the gene's conditions, the most often across them, as the Human Phenotype Ontology records it. These pages describe traits and the research behind them; they are not a diagnosis, and a doctor or genetic counsellor is the person to ask about symptoms.

Broader traits

Abdominal symptom

Where this comes from

  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the trait, its names, its definition and the genes linked to it. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.
  • Data release 2026.10.17-8666dff2.

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