Definition of "hyperphagia" [hyperphagia]

• Abnormally increased appetite for and consumption of food, thought to be associated with a lesion or injury in the hypothalamus. (noun)

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• "Typically homeostatic hyperphagia occurs when you have not eaten enough during the day and your body craves calories so that when you finally allow yourself (or find the time) to eat, you end up eating the wrong things too fast till you vastly overshoot your actual caloric requirements."
• "Morse said bears are going through a stage called hyperphagia, where they load up on food to prepare for winter, though it's probably not as necessary in Florida as in many northern states."
• "Night eating syndrome is characterized by evening hyperphagia which is defined as"