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Polyphagia or hyperphagia is an abnormally strong, incessant sensation of hunger or desire to eat often leading to overeating. [1] In contrast to an increase in appetite following exercise, polyphagia does not subside after eating and often leads to rapid intake of excessive quantities of food.
Tarrare (; c. 1772 – 1798), sometimes spelt Tarar, was a French showman, soldier and spy noted for his unusual appetite and eating habits. Able to eat vast amounts of meat, he was constantly hungry; his parents could not provide for him and he was turned out of the family home as a teenager.
Erysichthon was the son of King Triopas [3] possibly by Hiscilla, daughter of Myrmidon and thus, brother of Iphimedeia [4] and Phorbas. [5]In some accounts, however, he was called instead the son of Myrmidon [6] possibly by Peisidice, daughter of Aeolus and Enarete, and thus, brother to Antiphus, Actor, [7] Dioplethes, [8] Eupolemeia [9] and possibly Hiscilla as well.
A rare genetic disease called Prader-Willi Syndrome causes an insatiable hunger, and someone may constantly look for food, Planells says. Medications, including antidepressants or steroids, may ...
Prader-Willi syndrome makes people experience an insatiable hunger and they can eat until their stomach ruptures. Food must be locked. There's no treatment.
Anyone walking on it was doomed to perpetual and insatiable hunger. Harvey suggests that the hungry grass is cursed by the proximity of an unshriven corpse (the fear gorta). [1] William Carleton's stories suggest that faeries plant the hungry grass. [2] According to Harvey, this myth may relate to beliefs formed in the Great Famine of the 1840s ...
The hunger-fullness scale is a tool that anyone can use to tap into their body’s hunger and fullness cues. If you tend to wait way too long in between meals, overeat, or undereat—you might ...
Bird-bodied, girl-faced things they (Harpies) are; abominable their droppings, their hands are talons, their faces haggard with hunger insatiable. [ 10 ] Hyginus