Hunger is a feeling experienced by animals when the glycogen level of the liver falls below a certain point. The usually unpleasant feeling originates in the hypothalamus and is released through receptors in the liver and stomach. An average nourished human can survive about 50 days without food intake, but only three days without fluids. Hunger can also be applied metaphorically to cravings of other sorts.

The term is commonly used more broadly to refer to cases of widespread malnutrition or deprivation among populations, usually due to poverty, political conflicts or instability, or adverse agricultural conditions (famine).

Hunger as a condition

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The term hungry is commonly used to mean having an appetite for food or to be ready for a meal. After a long period without food, the mild sensation of hunger associated with being ready for a meal becomes progressively more severe, until it is acutely painful. As hunger grows, most living things will experience some internal effects. In humans and other animals, hunger can cause a gurgling sound with a bubbling feeling in the small intestine (many mistakenly think the stomach does this), and can shrink the stomach. Prolonged hunger will drive people to eat substances with no nutritional value (such as grass and soil) simply to fill their stomachs, but doing so actually has an adverse effect on energy balance as energy is still required to digest these substances.

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There is a cure for hunger: Can you SHARE a little w/the People on the Rez? http://bit.ly/7EedIw
BJTuininga (Betty Tuininga) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:08:55 -0000
There is a cure for hunger: Can you SHARE a little w/the People on the Rez? http://bit.ly/7EedIw
RT @Bonkaz: @Teamblackoutreg good sh#t on point to prove bruva I seen the hunger like a homeless nikka standin outside of roscoes lol te ...
teamblackoutReg (R.P. Team Blackout) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:08:49 -0000
RT @Bonkaz: @Teamblackoutreg good sh#t on point to prove bruva I seen the hunger like a homeless nikka standin outside of roscoes lol te ...
@slashfood I can make food with smells that suppress hunger right now! :)
Shrimp13 (Chris Callahan) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:08:24 -0000
@slashfood I can make food with smells that suppress hunger right now! :)
Damn, I'm hungry. So delirious from hunger, I'm about to refer to myself in third person. Hackers wants Maccas.
angehack (Angela Hackenberger) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:08:23 -0000
Damn, I'm hungry. So delirious from hunger, I'm about to refer to myself in third person. Hackers wants Maccas.
@bantafeedss Of course, we'd like to add to the list 'Walk in your local CROP #Hunger Walk" :)
CWS_CROP (CWS_CROP) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:07:38 -0000
@bantafeedss Of course, we'd like to add to the list 'Walk in your local CROP #Hunger Walk" :)
Awesome! RT @bantafeedss: 5 ways to end hunger in 2010, and ANYone ANYwhere can do them! http://bit.ly/7u0xNU #hunger #poverty
CWS_CROP (CWS_CROP) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:07:05 -0000
Awesome! RT @bantafeedss: 5 ways to end hunger in 2010, and ANYone ANYwhere can do them! http://bit.ly/7u0xNU #hunger #poverty

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