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Polyphagia or hyperphagia is an abnormally strong, incessant sensation of hunger or desire to eat often leading to overeating. In contrast to an increase...

In behavioral ecology, hyperphagia is a short-term increase in food intake and metabolization in response to changing environmental conditions. It is...

neurologic function, hypogonadism, developmental and cognitive delays, hyperphagia and obesity, short stature, and behavioral and psychiatric disturbances...

intake. Decreased desire to eat is termed anorexia, while polyphagia (or "hyperphagia") is increased eating. Dysregulation of appetite contributes to anorexia...

conventions, impulsivity, and poor risk assessment. Hypersexuality, hyperphagia, substance abuse, money mismanagement, frequent faux pas, and aggressive...

include disinhibition, sometimes manifested through hypersexuality, hyperphagia or emotional lability, and other symptoms, such as derealization. Patients...

Hedonic hunger or hedonic hyperphagia is the "drive to eat to obtain pleasure in the absence of an energy deficit". Particular foods may have a high "hedonic...

average weight of an adult male is 350 – 400 kg. At the end of the hyperphagia period it can exceed 600 kg. McLellan, B. N.; Reiner, D. (1994), A review...

glucocorticoids, along with insomnia (58%), mood disturbances (50%), and hyperphagia (49%). Another long-term study of 88 patients on prednisone showed that...

have undergone significant caloric deficits often report experiencing hyperphagia, or extreme hunger. With adequate refeeding and the full restoration...

two of the following: Significant weight gain or increase in appetite (hyperphagia); Hypersomnia (sleeping too much, as opposed to the insomnia present...

a drug, hormone, or compound that increases appetite and may induce hyperphagia. This can be a medication or a naturally occurring neuropeptide hormone...

consumption. Knocking out vagal nerve receptors has been shown to cause hyperphagia (greatly increased food intake). Neuroscientist Ivan De Araujo and colleagues...

Research diagnostic criteria have been proposed and include evening hyperphagia (consumption of 25% or more of the total daily calories after the evening...

in the bloodstream for a prolonged period of time, often resulting in hyperphagia. Those who experience this biologically instigated increase in appetite...

Bilateral lesion of the medial part of the ventromedial nucleus causes hyperphagia and obesity of the animal. Further lesion of the lateral part of the...

PMID 34815532. Grill, Harvey J (2020). "A Role for GLP-1 in Treating Hyperphagia and Obesity". Endocrinology (Article). 161 (8). Oxford Academic. doi:10...

has also been termed "placidity" or "tameness". Dietary changes and hyperphagia, characterized by eating inappropriate objects (pica), or overeating...

first diagnostic indicator of the disease. Patients often present with hyperphagia and rapid weight gain. This rapid weight gain is defined as 20-30 pounds...

and mood abnormalities. The behavioral disturbances can be composed of hyperphagia, irritability, or sexual disinhibition. The cognitive disorders consist...